Participles
| Present | berstende |
| Past | borsten |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | berste |
| 2nd sing. | birst |
| 3rd sing. | birst |
| 1st plur. | berstaþ |
| 2nd plur. | berstaþ |
| 3rd plur. | berstaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | bærst |
| 2nd sing. | burste |
| 3rd sing. | bærst |
| 1st plur. | burston |
| 2nd plur. | burston |
| 3rd plur. | burston |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | berste |
| 2nd sing. | berste |
| 3rd sing. | berste |
| 1st plur. | bersten |
| 2nd plur. | bersten |
| 3rd plur. | bersten |
Past
| 1st sing. | burste |
| 2nd sing. | burste |
| 3rd sing. | burste |
| 1st plur. | bursten |
| 2nd plur. | bursten |
| 3rd plur. | bursten |
Imperative
| Singular | berst |
| Plural | berstaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'berstan'
berstan,
Verbs similar to 'berstan'
herstan,
beatan,
befæstan,
begrætan,
begretan,
behatan,
bemetan,
bensian,
berædan,
beran,
Etymology
1. 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”).
2. 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). See: Proto-Germanic '
*brestaną', Old Saxon '
brestan', Low Saxon 'basten', Dutch '
bersten', Old High German 'brestan', German, old spelling '
bersten', Old Norse '
bresta', Danish '
briste', Norwegian '
briste', Swedish '
brista'.
Verbs referencing "berstan"
English
burst, Old French
brisier, Old Irish
brisid, Middle English
bresten.
Sample Sentences
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late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
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Æfter þisum ġebede, bærst ūt of heofonum swȳþe fǣrlīċ fȳr and forbernde þæt templ, and ealle þā godas grundlunga suncon intō þǣre eorþan, and ne ætēowdon siþþan. (After this prayer, a very sudden fire burst out of the heavens and burned up the temple, and all the gods sunk completely into the earth, and have not appeared since.)
Cognates
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