† to-springv.
Obsolete.
intransitive. To spring apart; to burst asunder.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (intransitive)] > shatter or break to pieces or burst
to-burstc893
forbursta1000
springOE
to-flyc1000
to-shootc1000
to-springc1000
to-drevea1225
to-resea1225
to-breakc1230
to go shiversc1275
to-drivec1275
to-rivec1275
to-shenec1275
to-wendc1275
debruise1297
lash13..
to-dashc1300
to-scatter13..
to-shiver13..
shiverc1330
bequash1377
shinderc1390
brasta1400
bursta1400
to-shiderc1450
to fly in pieces1488
sprent1488
splindera1500
reavec1560
dishiver1562
shatter1567
disshiver1586
split1590
slent1608
besplit1638
disrupt1657
splintera1661
rupture1734
explode1784
to ding in staves1786
to break, knock etc., or go, to smash1798
spell1811
to go (also run) smash1818
to play smash1841
bust1844
splitter1860
disrump1886
to fall into staves1895
smash1904
c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 156 Se niðfulla deofol..wearp ða ænne stan to ðære bellan, þæt heo eall tosprang.
c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 382 Þæt [isene geat] tosprang þærrihte him togeanes.
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 10672 Þe bondes to-braste, and alle to-sprunge.
c1320 Cast. Love 593 Er him ouȝte þe herte to springe Þen he scholde him wraþþe for eny þinge.
c1400 St. Alexius 1020 Myne herte wil to-sprynge.
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