- berstan
- \berstan1 sv/t3 3rd pres birsteþ past bærst/burston ptp geborsten to break, burst, fail, fall; break away from, escape; break to pieces, crash, resound
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
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berstan — burst … The Old English to English
oþberstan — sv/t3 3rd pres oþbirsteþ past oþbærst/oþburston ptp oþborsten to break away, escape … Old to modern English dictionary
burst — berstan … English to the Old English
Germanic strong verb — In the Germanic languages, a strong verb is one which marks its past tense by means of ablaut. In English, these are verbs like sing, sang, sung. The term strong verb is a translation of German starkes Verb , which was coined by the linguist… … Wikipedia
Grooved Ware — (geriefte oder gekerbte Ware) ist eine mittelneolithische Keramiktradition Großbritanniens und Irlands (dort vor allem im Boyne Tal). Auf Orkney liegen die frühesten Daten um 3400 v. Chr., ab 3100 liegen eine Anzahl gesicherter Daten vor[1]. Ab… … Deutsch Wikipedia
byrst — 1. m ( es/ as) loss, calamity, injury, damage, defect; crash; [berstan]; 2. n ( es/ ) (land) slip; 3. f ( e/ a) bristle; 4. pres 3rd sing of berstan; 5. pres 2nd sing of beran … Old to modern English dictionary
burst — O.E. berstan break suddenly (class III strong verb; past tense bærst, pp. borsten), from a West Germanic metathesis of P.Gmc. *brestanan (Cf. O.Fris. bersta, M.Du. berstan, Low Ger. barsten), from PIE root *bhres to burst, break, crack. The forms … Etymology dictionary
Brustle — Brus tle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Brustled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brustling}.] [OE. brustlien and brastlien, AS. brastlian, fr. berstan to burst, akin to G. prasseln to crackle. See {Burst}, v. i.] 1. To crackle; to rustle, as a silk garment. [Obs.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Brustled — Brustle Brus tle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Brustled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brustling}.] [OE. brustlien and brastlien, AS. brastlian, fr. berstan to burst, akin to G. prasseln to crackle. See {Burst}, v. i.] 1. To crackle; to rustle, as a silk garment.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Brustling — Brustle Brus tle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Brustled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brustling}.] [OE. brustlien and brastlien, AS. brastlian, fr. berstan to burst, akin to G. prasseln to crackle. See {Burst}, v. i.] 1. To crackle; to rustle, as a silk garment.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
