upspring

Meaning

1. a springing up

2. rising of a heavenly body

   Fēower heafodwindas synd. Sē fyrmesta is ēasterne wind, subsolanus ġehāten, for þām ðe hē blæwð frām ðǣre sunnan upspringe, ⁊ ys swyðe ġemetegod. Sē ōðer heafodwind is sūðerne, auster ġehāten, sē āstyreð wolcnu, ⁊ ligettas, ⁊ mistlice cwyld blǣwð geond ðās eorðan.

   There are four headwinds. The first is the eastern wind, called subsolanus, because it blows from the rising of the sun, and is very moderate. The second headwind is southern, called auster, which stirs up clouds, and lightnings, and blows various plagues around the earth.

   c. 994, Ælfric, On the Twelve Winds

3. birth

Declension