a. Obs. rare. [OE. sprind, of obscure origin.] Active, vigorous.

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c. 1000.  Salom. & Sat. (Kemble), 150. His ʓeðoht he is springdra [sic] and swiftra ðonne xii. ðusendu haliʓra gasta.

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a. 1100.  in Napier, O. E. Gloss., I. 3607. Adultum, i. iuuenem, ʓeþoʓenne, sprindne.

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c. 1315.  Shoreham, I. 22. And be a man neuer so sprind, Ȝef he schel libbe to elde, Be him wel siker, þer-to he schel.

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