for-berstan
- verb [ strong ]
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Wén nǽfre forbirsteþ
hope never fails,
- Exon. 64a ;
- Th. 236, 2 ;
- Ph. 568.
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Heora bogan forberstaþ
arcus eōrum contĕrātur.
- Ps. Th. 36, 14.
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Forbærst sweord Beówulfes
Beowulf's sword burst asunder,
- Beo. Th. 5354 ;
- B. 2680: Bt. 18, 4 ;
- Fox 68, 6.
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Ðæt him forberste se sweora
that his neck break,
- L. Eth. iii. 4 ;
- Th. i. 294, 16: Prov. Kmbl. 19.
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Wæs him beót forborsten
their threat failed,
- Cd. 4 ;
- Th. 5, 11 ;
- Gen. 70.
Bosworth, Joseph. “for-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/11203.
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