Bresta

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

bresta Old Icelandic word can mean:

bresta

(brest; brast, brustum; brostinn), v.

bresta

1) to burst, to be rent (steinninn brast);

bresta

þá brast í sundr jörðin (the earth burst) undir hesti hans;

bresta

2) to break, snap, with a noise (brast í sundr boginn);

bresta

3) to crash, of the sound alone;

bresta

þá brast strengr, they twanged the bowstring;

bresta

4) to burst forth (skriða brast);

bresta

eldr brestr upp, fire breaks out;

bresta

blóð brestr út, blood bursts out;

bresta

5) to rise, begin; flótti brestr, the ranks break in flight;

bresta

bardagi brestr, the battle breaks out, begins;

bresta

6) impers., e-n brestr e-t, one lacks, falls short of (eigi brestr mik áræði);

bresta

ef oss brestr á borði, if we fall short, get the worst of it;

bresta

þat mun aldri ~ (it will never fail), at.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚱᛁᛋᛏᛅ

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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages closely related to Old Icelandic.

• Old Norse - Cleasby & Vigfusson Dictionary
• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary