bresta
sagnorð
Merkingar
pret. brast, pl. brustu; part. brostinn; pres. brest, [A. S. berstan, per metath.; Engl. to burst; Germ. bersten; Swed. brista; Dan. briste]:—to burst, be rent; jörðin brast (the earth burst) undir hesti hans, Nj. 158; steinninn brast, the rock was rent, Bs. i. 5.
- β.
to break with a crash; brast þú boginn í tvá hluti, Hkr. i. 342, Gísl. 81; brestr röng, the rib of a barrel creaks, Jb. 398: the hoops of a vessel bresta (burst), Fs. 132; skulfu lönd, en brustu bönd (of a tub), Jón Þorl.
- 2.
to crash, of the sound alone; hófarnir brustu í veggjunum, the hoofs dashed against the wall, Grett. 25 new Ed.; hvat brast þar svá hátt, Hkr. i. 342; þá brast strengr á skipi, then twanged the bowstring on the ship, Fms. i. 182; brestandi bogi, the twanging bow, Hm. 84.
- β.
to burst forth, of a stream, avalanche, or the like; brestr flóð, of an avalanche, Gísl. 33; skriða brast, id., Fms. v. 250; blóð brestr út, the blood bursts out, from a blow, N. G. L. i. 342.
- γ.
a milit. term, flótti brestr, the ranks break in flight, when the host is seized by panic; þá brast flótti í liði Flosa, Nj. 246; er meginflóttinn brast, Fms. viii. 229; brast þá flótti á Vindum, xi. 233; bardagi brestr, the battle bursts out, begins, (rare and as it seems απ. λεγ.), Fas. i. 34.
- δ.
- β.
- II.
impers., e-n (acc.) brestr e-t (acc.), one lacks, falls short of; brast Sigríði (acc.) fimm tigi hundraða, Dipl. v. 3; ef oss brestr á borði, if we fall short, get the worst of it, Fms. ix. 507; eigi brestr mik árædi, Fs. 62; á mið þau er aldri mun fisk (Ed. wrongly fiskr) b., Bárð. 169; ef eitt orð (acc.) brysti, Fms. iv. 71; hann vissi þessa sína ætlan brostna (frustrated), Bs. i. 289; þat mun aldri b., that will never fail, Grett. 24 new Ed.: hamingjuna brestr, Fms. vi. 155 (Ed. hamingjan).
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- pret.
- þátíð (e. preterite)
- pl.
- fleirtala (e. plural)
- part.
- lýsingarháttur (e. participle)
- pres.
- nútíð (e. present)
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- metath.
- metathesis.
- Engl.
- English.
- Germ.
- German.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Ed.
- edition, editions, edited.
- milit.
- military.
- απ. λεγ.
- απαξ. λεγόμενον.
- cp.
- compare.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- impers.
- ópersónulegt (e. impersonal)
- acc.
- þolfall (e. accusative)
Tilvitnuð rit
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla saga. (D. II.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Jón Þorl.
- Jón Þorláksson.
- Grett.
- Grettis saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Bb.
- Búnaðar-bálkr.
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
- Bárð.
- Bárðar saga. (D. V.)