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of material,
to burst asunder, be lorn asunder
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  • Godwebba cyst

    (the veil of the temple)

    ufan eall forbærst, þæt hit on eorðan læg on twám styccum,

    • Cri. 1138
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  • Ðonne ðá twigo forburston, þonne gewitan þá sáula niðer þá þe on ðǽm twigum hangodan,

    • Bl. H. 211, 3
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  • Ðý lǽs se ráp . . . forberste

    ne chorda rumpatur,

    • Past. 459, 8
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of property,
to be dissipated, exhausted
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  • Ðý mon dǽlð spærlíce ðe mon nele ðæt hit forberste,

    • Prov. K. 19
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of legal proceedings,
to fail, break down, come to nothing
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  • Gif hit tihtle sí and lád forberste

    if it be a prosecution and the defence fail,

    • Ll. Th. i. 406, 10
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  • Him wǽre leófre ðæt hé . . . þonne se áð forburste.

    • Cht. Th. 171, 26.
  • Þa cende he tern and let þone forberstan

    (let it go by default),

    • 206, 28
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Etymology
[
Him the rug forberst, Laym. 1912.
]
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