From Old Norse springa, from Proto-Germanic *springaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sprenǵʰ-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈspriŋka/

  Rhymes: -iŋka

springa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative sprakk, third-person plural past indicative sprungu, supine sprungið)

1. (intransitive) to crack, break, split open, burst
2. (intransitive) to explode, blow up
3. (intransitive) to collapse or die (from overexertion, emotional distress, etc.)

• sprengja

• springe (e-infinitive)

From Old Norse springa.

• IPA^(key): /²sprɪŋːɑ/

springa (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

• springar
• springbrett

• “springa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsprin.ɡɑ/, [ˈspriŋ.ɡɑ]

springa

1. genitive plural of spring

From Old Norse springa, from Proto-Germanic *springaną.

springa

1. to spring, jump
2. to run
3. to burst

• Swedish: springa (“to run”), spricka (“to crack”)

• (Obsolete typography) ſpringa

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From Old Swedish springa, from Old Norse springa, from Proto-Germanic *springaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sprenǵʰ-.

springa (present springer, preterite sprang, supine sprungit, imperative spring)

1. to run (move quickly on legs)
2. (archaic) to jump

• språng
• springare
• springbrunn
• springsko

• hoppa (“jump; leap; skip”)
• jogga (“jog”)
• löpa
• ränna
• språngmarsch (“double-quick; jog; run”)

From Old Swedish springa, ultimately from etymology 1 above, which also had the sense “to burst” (derived from “to jump”). Compare spränga (“to blow up, explode”), and further German Sprung (“crack”), zerspringen (“to crack, burst”).

springa c

2. a very narrow, elongated opening; a slit, a slot, a gap, a cranny, etc.

   springan mellan dörren och karmen

   the gap between the door and the frame

   Hennes ögon smalnade till springor

   Her eyes narrowed to slits

3. (informal) vagina, vulva

• spalt
• spricka (“crack”)

• springa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• springa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• springa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• springa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

• angrips, spingar