Faroese

Verb

bresta ‎(third person singular past indicative brast, third person plural past indicative brustu, supine brostið)

1. to burst, to break

Conjugation

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɛsta/
• Rhymes: -ɛsta

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bresta, from Proto-Germanic *brestaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- ‎(“to burst, break, crack, split, separate”). Cognate with Faroese bresta, Swedish brista, English burst, German bersten, Dutch barsten.

Verb

bresta ‎(strong verb, third-person singular past indicative brast, third-person plural past indicative brustu, supine brostið)

1. to burst, to break
   • Það er bara tímaspursmál hvenær stíflan brestur.

     It's only a question of time when the dam will burst.

2. (impersonal, with accusative before and after) to lack, want for, experience a shortcoming of
   • Drottinn er minn hirðir, mig mun ekkert bresta.

     The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want (lit. “I shall want for nothing”).

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Inflected form of brestur ‎(“crack, crackle”).

Noun

bresta m

1. indefinite genitive plural of brestur

Anagrams

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