Berstan

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

berstan

Add: I. (i) literal :-- Seó eorþe wæs cwaciende and ber-stende, Ors. 88, 11. Berstende líc a body breaking out into eruptions, Lch. i. 272, 1. (2) figurative :-- Þ him náðor ne burste ne áð ne ordál, Ll. Th. i. 280, 10. (3) to break away, cf. æt-berstan :-- Gelæhton þá weardmen his wealdleðer, þæt hé mid fleáme ne burste, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 15. Hú hé Hingware berstan sceolde, Hml. S. 32, 58. II. of noise :-- Fióndes byrstende hroeðnise inimici rugientis sevitiam, Rtl. 122, 14. berstan