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byrst

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
byrst, berst, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§387;
A loss, defect; damnum, calamitas
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  • Gylde ðone byrst, ðe ðæt fýr ontende

    reddet damnum, qui ignem succenderit,

      Ex. 22, 6, 12: Ps. Th. 108, 18.
  • We habbaþ fela byrsta gebiden

    multas calamitates sumus perpessi,

    Lupi
      Serm. i. 2; Hick. Thes. ii. 99, 21.
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  • byrst, n.