different between ensnare vs springe

English

Alternative forms

• insnare

Etymology

From en- +? snare.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?sn??/, /?n-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?sn?(?)?/, /?n-/
• Rhymes: -??(r)

Verb

ensnare (third-person singular simple present ensnares, present participle ensnaring, simple past and past participle ensnared)

1. To entrap; to catch in a snare or trap.
   • 2005: Plato, Sophist, Translation by Lesley Brown, 250d-e,

     When we were asked to what one should apply the name “what is not”, we were ensnared in total paradox. Remember?

2. To entangle; to enmesh.

Related terms

• snare

Translations

Anagrams

• rennase

English

Alternative forms

• spreng

Etymology

From Middle English sprengen, from Old English sprengen, spren??an, from Proto-Germanic *sprangijan? (“to cause to spring”). See sprinkle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sp??nd??/
• Rhymes: -?nd?

Verb

springe (third-person singular simple present springes, present participle springing or springeing, simple past springed, past participle springed or sprent)

1. (obsolete) To sprinkle; to scatter.

   • He wolden sowen som difficultee, / Or springen cockle in our clene corn.

2. (transitive) To catch in a springe; to ensnare.

Noun

springe (plural springes)

1. (obsolete) A snare.
   • 1602 : Hamlet by William Shakespeare, act 1 scene 3 line 114

     Ay, springes to catch woodcocks

Anagrams

• Persing, Spigner, pingers

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• schpringe

Etymology

From Middle High German springen, from Old High German springan, from Proto-Germanic *springan?. Cognate with German springen, Dutch springen, English spring, Icelandic springa.

Verb

springe (third-person singular simple present springt, past participle gsprunge, auxiliary sii)

1. to run
2. to jump, leap
   • 1902, Robert Walser, Der Teich:

     Bisch du de nit ids Wasser gschprunge?

     So you didn't jump into the water?

3. to burst

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish springæ, from Old Norse springa, from Proto-Germanic *springan?, cognate with English spring and German springen.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [?sb?????]

Verb

springe (imperative spring, present springer, past sprang, past participle sprunget, sprungen or sprungne)

1. jump, leap, spring
2. run, spurt
3. burst, explode, go off

Inflection

Further reading

• “springe” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “springe” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Verb

springe

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of springen

German

Pronunciation

Verb

springe

1. inflection of springen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??pri??/

Verb

springe

1. to run
2. to jump

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse springa

Verb

springe (imperative spring, present tense springer, passive springes, simple past sprang, past participle sprunget, present participle springende)

1. to bound, jump, leap
2. to run
3. to blow up, burst, explode, (cork) pop
4. (liquids) to gush, spout, squirt
5. (flowers) to bud, open, bloom, blossom

Derived terms

• springbrett

References

• “springe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “springe” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• springa (a infinitive)

Etymology

From Old Norse springa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²spr????/

Verb

springe (present tense spring, past tense sprang, past participle sprunge, passive infinitive springast, present participle springande, imperative spring)

1. to run
2. to leap, jump
3. to burst open

Derived terms

• springbrett

References

• “springe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian springa, from Proto-Germanic *springan?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?spr???/

Verb

springe

1. to jump

Inflection

Further reading

• “springe”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011