wellspringn.

Brit.

/ˈwɛlsprɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈwɛlˌsprɪŋ/

Forms: see well n.¹ and spring n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well n.¹, spring n.¹

Etymology: < well n.¹ + spring n.¹

1. The source or headspring of a stream or river; the place at which such a spring emerges from the ground. Cf. headspring n. 1, wellhead n. 1.In early use also: †= spring n.¹ 1c.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun]

welleOE

mothereOE

ordeOE

wellspringeOE

fathereOE

headeOE

oreOE

wellspringOE

rootc1175

morea1200

beginningc1200

head wella1325

sourcec1374

principlea1382

risinga1382

springinga1382

fountain14..

springerc1410

nativity?a1425

racinea1425

spring1435

headspring?a1439

seminaryc1440

originationc1443

spring wellc1450

sourdre1477

primordialc1487

naissance1490

wellhead?1492

offspringa1500

conduit-head1517

damc1540

springhead1547

principium1550

mint1555

principal1555

centre1557

head fountain1563

parentage1581

rise1589

spawna1591

fount1594

parent1597

taproot1601

origin1604

fountainhead1606

radix1607

springa1616

abundary1622

rist1622

primitive1628

primary1632

land-spring1642

extraction1655

upstart1669

progenerator1692

fontala1711

well-eye1826

first birth1838

ancestry1880

Quelle1893

the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [noun] > head or source

headeOE

wellspringOE

springOE

uptaking1241

head wella1325

wellheadc1330

sourcec1386

headspringa1398

headstreama1398

risinga1398

surge1523

springhead?a1560

head fountain1563

water head1567

fountainhead1585

headwater1612

fill1622

water source1651

urn1726

vomica1838

sponge-swamp1901

OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) i. 185 God..& asende ren of heofonum..& geopenode þærtogenes ealle wylspryngas & wæterþeotan of þære miclan nywelnysse.

OE tr. Bili St. Machutus 12 Þu drihten þu þe sealdest wylspryng [L. fontem] on Horeb of heardum stanum.

c1300 St. Kenelm (Harl.) 293 in F. J. Furnivall Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 55 A wil spring vp þere stod Of þe stede þer he lai on.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1243 An angel..Tagte her ðor a welle-spring.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xx. 338 A litill brooke that com rennynge of two welle sprynges of a mountayne.

1549 J. Hopkins Psalmes of Dauid in Metre xlii. in T. Sternhold Al Such Psalmes of Dauid sig. Gvi Lyke as y^e hart doth breath & bray The wellsprynges to obtaine.

1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. i. 12 When of that streame he had discouered The fount, the well-spring, or the bubling head, Hee there would sit.

a1650 G. Boate Irelands Nat. Hist. (1652) vii. 54 The water of these Well-springs is for the most part cool, clear, and pure.

1763 A. Sutherland Attempts Antient Med. Doctr. I. ii. ii. 132 The more it rains, the well-spring is the less affected.

1790 W. Marshall Agric. Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Midland Counties II. 445 Wallspring, a cold, wet, springy, or spewy part of land.

1800 E. Darwin Phytologia xi. 271 These ditches should be cut at the feet of the adjacent rising grounds..so as to intercept the wall-springs and land-floods.

1877 J. D. Chambers Divine Worship Eng. 233 The Water..drawn recently from a well-spring.

1907 D. L. Buckman Old Steamboat Days Hudson River xiv. 123 The little wellspring of this mighty and glorious river.

1945 W. de la Mare Burning-glass & Other Poems 75 From what soundless deep Of earth's blind sunless rock Did this pure wellspring seep?

2005 J. Schneer Thames i. 2 This is the wellspring of the river Churn, which joins the Thames at Cricklade.

2. figurative and in figurative contexts. A source or origin providing a constant or abundant supply of something. Chiefly with of. Cf. headspring n. 2, wellhead n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun]

welleOE

mothereOE

ordeOE

wellspringeOE

fathereOE

headeOE

oreOE

wellspringOE

rootc1175

morea1200

beginningc1200

head wella1325

sourcec1374

principlea1382

risinga1382

springinga1382

fountain14..

springerc1410

nativity?a1425

racinea1425

spring1435

headspring?a1439

seminaryc1440

originationc1443

spring wellc1450

sourdre1477

primordialc1487

naissance1490

wellhead?1492

offspringa1500

conduit-head1517

damc1540

springhead1547

principium1550

mint1555

principal1555

centre1557

head fountain1563

parentage1581

rise1589

spawna1591

fount1594

parent1597

taproot1601

origin1604

fountainhead1606

radix1607

springa1616

abundary1622

rist1622

primitive1628

primary1632

land-spring1642

extraction1655

upstart1669

progenerator1692

fontala1711

well-eye1826

first birth1838

ancestry1880

Quelle1893

eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) Epil. 467 Ðæs wæterscipes welsprynge is on hefonrice, ðæt is Halig Gæst.

OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) iii. 202 Seo soðe lufu is wylsprincg & ordfruma ealra godnyssa.

a1250 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 5 Al englene were..Siggeð & singeð þet tu ert liues wel-sprung.

a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) ii. xix. sig. M.v Surely the riche mannes substaunce is the welspring of the poore mans liuing.

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. i. vi. sig. D.iij/1 True faythe is the welspring and roote of all vertues.

1614 W. Lithgow Most Delectable & True Disc. Painefull Peregrination Scotl. sig. E4 This City was the mother & wel-spring of all liberall Arts and Sciences.

a1672 P. Sterry Rise Kingdom of God (1683) 404 The Pleasure, the Will of the Father..is the Well Spring which sendeth forth this Plenitude of Divine Love into Christ.

c1710 M. Prior My Birthday 13 Well-spring of all my joy and woe, Clotilda.

1768 J. Lloyd (title) The well-spring of life opened in Christ.

1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxviii. 305 It was because they bore in their own hearts an inexhaustible well-spring of affection and devotedness.

1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) II. xxii. 21 War for liberty became unexpectedly a well-spring of opulence.

1921 W. Pach tr. É. Faure Hist. Art I. vii. 229 Official art, the great decorative and religious art, was losing sight of its wellsprings.

1940 Princeton Alumni Weekly 16 Dec. 25/1 Underneath his reserved demeanor lay deep well-springs of feeling.

2000 T. Prugh et al. Local Politics of Global Sustainability vii. 163 Involvement in community is one of the fundamental wellsprings of human happiness and fulfillment.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wellspring
释义	wellspringn. Brit. /ˈwɛlsprɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwɛlˌsprɪŋ/ Forms: see well n.¹ and spring n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well n.¹, spring n.¹ Etymology: < well n.¹ + spring n.¹ 1. The source or headspring of a stream or river; the place at which such a spring emerges from the ground. Cf. headspring n. 1, wellhead n. 1.In early use also: †= spring n.¹ 1c. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun] welleOE mothereOE ordeOE wellspringeOE fathereOE headeOE oreOE wellspringOE rootc1175 morea1200 beginningc1200 head wella1325 sourcec1374 principlea1382 risinga1382 springinga1382 fountain14.. springerc1410 nativity?a1425 racinea1425 spring1435 headspring?a1439 seminaryc1440 originationc1443 spring wellc1450 sourdre1477 primordialc1487 naissance1490 wellhead?1492 offspringa1500 conduit-head1517 damc1540 springhead1547 principium1550 mint1555 principal1555 centre1557 head fountain1563 parentage1581 rise1589 spawna1591 fount1594 parent1597 taproot1601 origin1604 fountainhead1606 radix1607 springa1616 abundary1622 rist1622 primitive1628 primary1632 land-spring1642 extraction1655 upstart1669 progenerator1692 fontala1711 well-eye1826 first birth1838 ancestry1880 Quelle1893 the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [noun] > head or source headeOE wellspringOE springOE uptaking1241 head wella1325 wellheadc1330 sourcec1386 headspringa1398 headstreama1398 risinga1398 surge1523 springhead?a1560 head fountain1563 water head1567 fountainhead1585 headwater1612 fill1622 water source1651 urn1726 vomica1838 sponge-swamp1901 OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) i. 185 God..& asende ren of heofonum..& geopenode þærtogenes ealle wylspryngas & wæterþeotan of þære miclan nywelnysse. OE tr. Bili St. Machutus 12 Þu drihten þu þe sealdest wylspryng [L. fontem] on Horeb of heardum stanum. c1300 St. Kenelm (Harl.) 293 in F. J. Furnivall Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 55 A wil spring vp þere stod Of þe stede þer he lai on. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1243 An angel..Tagte her ðor a welle-spring. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xx. 338 A litill brooke that com rennynge of two welle sprynges of a mountayne. 1549 J. Hopkins Psalmes of Dauid in Metre xlii. in T. Sternhold Al Such Psalmes of Dauid sig. Gvi Lyke as y^e hart doth breath & bray The wellsprynges to obtaine. 1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. i. 12 When of that streame he had discouered The fount, the well-spring, or the bubling head, Hee there would sit. a1650 G. Boate Irelands Nat. Hist. (1652) vii. 54 The water of these Well-springs is for the most part cool, clear, and pure. 1763 A. Sutherland Attempts Antient Med. Doctr. I. ii. ii. 132 The more it rains, the well-spring is the less affected. 1790 W. Marshall Agric. Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Midland Counties II. 445 Wallspring, a cold, wet, springy, or spewy part of land. 1800 E. Darwin Phytologia xi. 271 These ditches should be cut at the feet of the adjacent rising grounds..so as to intercept the wall-springs and land-floods. 1877 J. D. Chambers Divine Worship Eng. 233 The Water..drawn recently from a well-spring. 1907 D. L. Buckman Old Steamboat Days Hudson River xiv. 123 The little wellspring of this mighty and glorious river. 1945 W. de la Mare Burning-glass & Other Poems 75 From what soundless deep Of earth's blind sunless rock Did this pure wellspring seep? 2005 J. Schneer Thames i. 2 This is the wellspring of the river Churn, which joins the Thames at Cricklade. 2. figurative and in figurative contexts. A source or origin providing a constant or abundant supply of something. Chiefly with of. Cf. headspring n. 2, wellhead n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun] welleOE mothereOE ordeOE wellspringeOE fathereOE headeOE oreOE wellspringOE rootc1175 morea1200 beginningc1200 head wella1325 sourcec1374 principlea1382 risinga1382 springinga1382 fountain14.. springerc1410 nativity?a1425 racinea1425 spring1435 headspring?a1439 seminaryc1440 originationc1443 spring wellc1450 sourdre1477 primordialc1487 naissance1490 wellhead?1492 offspringa1500 conduit-head1517 damc1540 springhead1547 principium1550 mint1555 principal1555 centre1557 head fountain1563 parentage1581 rise1589 spawna1591 fount1594 parent1597 taproot1601 origin1604 fountainhead1606 radix1607 springa1616 abundary1622 rist1622 primitive1628 primary1632 land-spring1642 extraction1655 upstart1669 progenerator1692 fontala1711 well-eye1826 first birth1838 ancestry1880 Quelle1893 eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) Epil. 467 Ðæs wæterscipes welsprynge is on hefonrice, ðæt is Halig Gæst. OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) iii. 202 Seo soðe lufu is wylsprincg & ordfruma ealra godnyssa. a1250 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 5 Al englene were..Siggeð & singeð þet tu ert liues wel-sprung. a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) ii. xix. sig. M.v Surely the riche mannes substaunce is the welspring of the poore mans liuing. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. i. vi. sig. D.iij/1 True faythe is the welspring and roote of all vertues. 1614 W. Lithgow Most Delectable & True Disc. Painefull Peregrination Scotl. sig. E4 This City was the mother & wel-spring of all liberall Arts and Sciences. a1672 P. Sterry Rise Kingdom of God (1683) 404 The Pleasure, the Will of the Father..is the Well Spring which sendeth forth this Plenitude of Divine Love into Christ. c1710 M. Prior My Birthday 13 Well-spring of all my joy and woe, Clotilda. 1768 J. Lloyd (title) The well-spring of life opened in Christ. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxviii. 305 It was because they bore in their own hearts an inexhaustible well-spring of affection and devotedness. 1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) II. xxii. 21 War for liberty became unexpectedly a well-spring of opulence. 1921 W. Pach tr. É. Faure Hist. Art I. vii. 229 Official art, the great decorative and religious art, was losing sight of its wellsprings. 1940 Princeton Alumni Weekly 16 Dec. 25/1 Underneath his reserved demeanor lay deep well-springs of feeling. 2000 T. Prugh et al. Local Politics of Global Sustainability vii. 163 Involvement in community is one of the fundamental wellsprings of human happiness and fulfillment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.eOE
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