Sc. Obs. Also byrst, birst. [Cf. ON. brest-r outburst, crash.] Surf.
1375. Barbour, Bruce, IV. 444. Bot the vynde wes thame agayn, That it gert sa the land-brist [v.r. byrst] ryss, That thai mycht weld the se na viss.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, VII. Prol. 21. Landbrist rumland rudely. Ibid., X. vi. 11. Na land brist [ed. 1553 birst] lyppering on the wallis.
