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bresta

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brast, brustu; brostinn; brest, [ berstan, per ; to burst; bersten; brista; briste]:—to burst, be rent; jörðin brast (the earth burst) undir hesti hans, 158; steinninn brast, the rock was rent, i. 5.
β. to break with a crash; brast þú boginn í tvá hluti, i. 342, 81; brestr röng, the rib of a barrel creaks, 398: the hoops of a vessel bresta (burst), 132; skulfu lönd, en brustu bönd (of a tub), 2. to crash, of the sound alone; hófarnir brustu í veggjunum, the hoofs dashed against the wall, 25 new ; hvat brast þar svá hátt, i. 342; þá brast strengr á skipi, then twanged the bowstring on the ship, i. 182; brestandi bogi, the twanging bow, 84.
β. to burst forth, of a stream, avalanche, or the like; brestr flóð, of an avalanche, 33; skriða brast, id., v. 250; blóð brestr út, the blood bursts out, from a blow, i. 342.γ. a term, flótti brestr, the ranks break in flight, when the host is seized by panic; þá brast flótti í liði Flosa, 246; er meginflóttinn brast, viii. 229; brast þá flótti á Vindum, xi. 233; bardagi brestr, the battle bursts out, begins, (rare and as it seems ), i. 34.δ. b. or b. á, to burst or break out, a storm, gale, i. 78 (vide however bera C. IV): b. or b. út, to ebb, but only of the first turning of the tide, 2. 15; augu b., the eyes break in death, v. auga; hence helbrostið auga.
II. , e-n () brestr e-t (), one lacks, falls short of; brast Sigríði () fimm tigi hundraða, v. 3; ef oss brestr á borði, if we fall short, get the worst of it, ix. 507; eigi brestr mik árædi, 62; á mið þau er aldri mun fisk ( wrongly fiskr) b., 169; ef eitt orð () brysti, iv. 71; hann vissi þessa sína ætlan brostna (frustrated), i. 289; þat mun aldri b., that will never fail, 24 new : hamingjuna brestr, vi. 155 ( hamingjan).
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