berstan

== Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *brestan (with e-r metathesis in West Germanic), from Proto-Germanic *brestaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to burst, break, crack, split, separate”). Cognate with Old Frisian bersta (West Frisian boarste), Old Saxon brestan (Low German basten), Dutch bersten, barsten, Old High German brestan German bersten), Old Norse bresta (Danish briste, Norwegian Bokmål briste, Swedish brista). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈber.stɑn/, [ˈberˠ.stɑn] === Verb === berstan to break, shatter, burst late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ætberstan forberstan tōberstan ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: bresten, bersten English: burst, bust Scots: brist, bryst