toberstan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tebrestaną (“to burst or break apart”), equivalent to tō- +‎ berstan. Cognate with Old Saxon tebrestan, Old High German zibrestan (German zerbersten).

Verb

tōberstan

  1. To burst asunder.
  2. (intransitive) break in two or in pieces, be rent asunder.
  3. To break out.

Conjugation
Conjugation of tōberstan (strong class 3)
infinitive tōberstan tō tōberstenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular tōberste tōbærst
2nd-person singular tōbirst tōburste
3rd-person singular tōbirst(e)þ tōbærst
plural tōberstaþ tōburston
subjunctive present past
singular tōberste tōburste
plural tōbersten tōbursten
imperative
singular tōberst
plural tōberstaþ
participle present past
tōberstende tōborsten

Descendants

References
  • tóberstan in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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