• (v. i.) A noose fastened to an elastic body, and drawn close with a sudden spring, whereby it catches a bird or other animal; a gin; a snare. • (v. t.) To catch in a springe; to insnare. • (v. t.) To sprinkle; to scatter. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/springe/
Spring'e transitive verb [ Middle English sprengen . See Sprinkle .] To sprinkle; to scatter. [ Obsolete] « He would sowen some difficulty, Or springen cockle in our cleane corn.» Chaucer. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/174
Springe noun [ From Spring , intransitive verb : confer German sprenkel , Prov. English springle .] A noose fastened to an elastic body, and drawn close with a sudden spring, whereby it catches a bird or other animal; a gin; a snare. « As a woodcock to... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/174