† forˈburst, v. Obs.
[f. for- prefix1 + burst.]
intr. To burst asunder; to break.
| a 1000 Laws Ethelred iii. iv. in Thorpe Anc. Laws I. 294 Slea man hine þæt him forberste se sweora. c 1205 Lay. 1912 [He] breid Geogmagog þat him þe rug for-berst. |