sprecan, st. v., _to speak_: inf. ic sceal forð sprecan gen ymbe Grendel _(I shall go on speaking about G._), 2070; w. acc. se þe wyle sôð sprecan (_he who will speak the truth_), 2865; imper. tô Geátum sprec (spræc, MS.), 1172; pret. sg. III. spräc, 1169, 1699, 2511, 2725; word äfter spräc, 341; nô ymbe þâ fæhðe spräc, 2619; II. hwät þu worn fela ... ymb Brecan spræce (_how much thou hast spoken of Breca!_), 531; pl. hwät wit geó spræcon (_what we two spoke of before_), 1477; gomele ymb gôdne on-geador spræcon, þät big ... _(the graybeards spoke together about the valiant one, that they ..._), 1596; swâ wit furðum spræcon (_as we two spoke, engaged, before_), 1708; pret. part. þâ wäs ... þryð-word sprecen, 644. ge-sprecan, w. acc., _to speak_: pret. sg. ge-spräc, 676, 1399, 1467, 3095. spreót, st. m., _pole; spear, pike_: in comp. eofor-spreót. springan, st. v., _to jump, leap; flash_: pret. sg. hrâ wîde sprong _(the body bounded far_), 1589; swât ædrum sprong forð under fexe (_the blood burst out in streams from under his hair_), 2967; pl. wîde sprungon hilde-leóman (_flashed afar_), 2583. Also figuratively: blæd wîde sprang (_his repute spread afar_), 18. ge-springan, _to spring forth_: pret. sg. swâ þät blôd ge-sprang (_as the blood burst forth_), 1668. Figuratively, _to arise, originate_: pret. sg. Sigemunde gesprong äfter deáð-däge dôm un-lytel, 885. on-springan, _to burst in two, spring asunder_: pret. pl. seonowe onsprungon, burston bânlocan 818. standan, st. v.: 1) absolutely or with prep., _to stand_: pres. III. pl. eóred-geatwe þe ge þær on standað (_the warlike accoutrements wherein ye there stand_), 2867; inf. ge-seah ... orcas stondan (_saw vessels standing_), 2761; pret. sg. ät hýðe stôd hringed-stefna (_in the harbor stood the curved-prowed?, metal-covered?, ship_), 32; stôd on stapole (_stood near the [middle] column_), 927; so, 1914, 2546; þät him on aldre stôd here-stræl hearda (_that the sharp war-arrow stood in his vitals_), 1435; so, 2680; pl. gâras stôdon ... samod ät-gädere (_the spears stood together_), 328; him big stôdan bunan and orcas (_by him stood cans and pots_), 3048. Also of still water: pres. sg. III. nis þät feor heonon ... þät se mere standeð, 1363.--2) with predicate adj., _to stand, continue in a certain state_: subj. pres. þät þes sele stande ... rinca ge-hwylcum îdel and unnyt (_that this hall stands empty and useless for every warrior_), 411; inf. hord-wynne fand eald uht-sceaða opene standan, 2272; pret. sg. ôð þät îdel stôd hûsa sêlest, 145; so, 936; wäter under stôd dreórig and ge-drêfed, 1418--3) _to belong_ or _attach to; issue_: pret. sg. Norð-Denum stôd atelîc egesa (_great terror clung to, overcame, the North Danes_), 784; þâra ânum stôd sadol searwum fâh (_on one of the steeds lay an ingeniously-inlaid saddle_), 1038; byrne-leóma eldum on andan (_burning light stood forth, a horror to men_), 2314; leóht inne stôd (_a light stood in it_, i.e. the sword), 1571; him of eágum stôd ...