a. Obs. rare. [OE. sprind, of obscure origin.] Active, vigorous.
c. 1000. Salom. & Sat. (Kemble), 150. His ʓeðoht he is springdra [sic] and swiftra ðonne xii. ðusendu haliʓra gasta.
a. 1100. in Napier, O. E. Gloss., I. 3607. Adultum, i. iuuenem, ʓeþoʓenne, sprindne.
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.