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tó-berstan

  • verb [ strong ]
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tó-berstan, p. -bærst, pl. -burston; pp. -borsten.
Wright's OE grammar
§14; §656;
to burst asunder, to break (intrans) in two, or in pieces, be rent asunder
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  • Ic tó-berste

    crepo,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 24;
    • Zup. 138, 5.

  • Se heofon tóbyrst from ðæm eastdǽle óþ ðone westdǽl,

    • Blickl. Homl. 93, 22.

  • Tóbirsteþ,

    • Exon. Th. 420, 7;
    • Rä 39. 7.

  • Se sceaft tóbærst

    the shaft was shivered.

    • Byrht. Th. 135, 51;
    • By. 136.

  • Seó byrne tóbærst

    the corslet was rent,

    • 135, 66;
    • By. 144.

  • Sum man feóll on íse ðæt his earm tóbærst

    his arm was broken,

    • Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 34.

  • Seó eorþe tóbærst and ðonan up wæs biernende fýr wið ðæs befones

    hiatu terrae flamma prorupit.

    • Ors. 5, 10;
    • Swt. 234, 7.

  • Hé eode tó ðære bnrge wealle, and fleáh út ofer, ðæt hé eall tóbærst,

    • 5, 12;
    • Swt. 244, 3.

  • Hé gefeól on ðone stocc and tóbærst on feówer dǽlas,

    • Blickl. Homl. 189, 13.

  • Án hridder tóbærst on emtwá,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 154, 16.

  • Stánas tóburston

    petrae scissae sunt,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 27, 51.

  • Ða scittélsas tóburston,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 3, 348.

  • Tóborstenum bendum

    ruptis vinculis,

    • Lk. Skt. 8, 29.
to break out in sores, v. tó-borstenness
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  • Wið springas and wið tóborsten líc

    for carbuncles and for a body with breakings out.

    • Lchdm. i. 272, 18.

  • His líchama barn wiðútan mid langsumere hǽtan, and he eal innan samod forswǽled wæs and tóborsten,

    • Homl. Th. i. 86, 5.
to break out
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  • Tóberstaþ

    erumpunt.

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 8.

  • His brest tobrosten,

    • Chauc. Kn. T. 1833.
O. Sax. te-brestan
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O. H. Ger. zar-brestan crepare, discrepare
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Ger. zer-bersten
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v.  bersting tó-borstenness.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “tó-berstan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/30597.

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