byrst

Middle English

Noun

byrst

Alternative form of burst

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *bursti, from Proto-Germanic *burstiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥stís.

Noun

byrst n

bristle

Declension

Declension of byrst (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	byrst	byrst
accusative	byrst	byrst
genitive	byrstes	byrsta
dative	byrste	byrstum

Derived terms

*byrstel

Descendants

Middle English: brust
⇒ Old English: *byrstel
- Middle English: brustel, bristil, bristel
  - English: bristle
  - Scots: brustle, bristle, brissle

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *brestuz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰres‑.

Noun

byrst m

loss, defect, failure
injury

Declension

Declension of byrst (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	byrst	byrstas
accusative	byrst	byrstas
genitive	byrstes	byrsta
dative	byrste	byrstum

Related terms

berstan

Descendants

Middle English: burst, birst, brist, bruste, bryste, burste, byrst

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “byrst”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “byrst”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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