sprengan

Meaning

1. (accusative)to scatter something

   His ēagan wǣron spearcan sprengende.

   His eyes were scattering sparks.

   1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:

2. (accusative)to sprinkle something (onto or over something else) (+ on, intō, ofer with dative or accusative)

   Sprænge se mæsseprēost hāligwæter ofer hig ealle.

   The priest sprinkle holy water over them all.

   1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:

3. to burst apart, splinter

   Hē scēaf mid ðam scylde, ðæt se sceaft tōbærst, and ðæt spere sprengde, ðæt hit sprang ongēan.

   He shoved with his shield, the shaft burst in twain, and the spear splintered so that it sprang back.

   1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:

4. to apply an enema or a suppository

Conjugation