v. Obs. [f. FOR- pref.1 + BURST.] intr. To burst asunder; to break.
a. 1000. Laws Ethelred, III. iv., in Thorpe, Anc. Laws, I. 294. Slea man hine þæt him forberste se sweora.
c. 1205. Lay., 1912.
| [He] breid Geomagog | |
| þat him þe rug for-berst. |
v. Obs. [f. FOR- pref.1 + BURST.] intr. To burst asunder; to break.
a. 1000. Laws Ethelred, III. iv., in Thorpe, Anc. Laws, I. 294. Slea man hine þæt him forberste se sweora.
c. 1205. Lay., 1912.
| [He] breid Geomagog | |
| þat him þe rug for-berst. |
