bresta brest , brast, brustum brostinn v
1.
to burst, to be rent (steinninn brast) ; þá brast í sundr jörðin (the earth burst) undir hesti hans;
2.
to break, snap, with a noise (brast í sundr boginn);
3.
to crash, of the sound alone ; þá brast strengr, they twanged the bowstring;
4.
to burst forth (skriða brast) ; eldr brestr upp, fire breaks out; blóð brestr út, blood bursts out;
5.
to rise, begin flótti brestr, the ranks break in flight; bardagi brestr, the battle breaks out, begins;
6.
impers, en brestr et, one lacks, falls short of (eigi brestr mik áræði) ; ef oss brestr á, borði, if we fall short, get the worst of it; þat mun aldri b (it will never fail), at
