brista
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse bresta, from Proto-Germanic *brestaną.
Conjugation
Conjugation of brista (strong)
| present | past | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | brista | — | |||
| participle | bristandi, bristande | brustin | |||
| active voice | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| iæk | brister | bristi, briste | — | brast | brusti, bruste |
| þū | brister | bristi, briste | brist | brast | brusti, bruste |
| han | brister | bristi, briste | — | brast | brusti, bruste |
| vīr | bristum, bristom | bristum, bristom | bristum, bristom | brustum, brustom | brustum, brustom |
| īr | bristin | bristin | bristin | brustin | brustin |
| þēr | brista | bristin | — | brustu, brusto | brustin |
| mediopassive voice | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| iæk | — | — | — | — | — |
| þū | — | — | — | — | — |
| han | — | — | — | — | — |
| vīr | — | — | — | — | — |
| īr | — | — | — | — | — |
| þēr | — | — | — | — | — |
Descendants
- Swedish: brista
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish brista, from Old Norse bresta, from Proto-Germanic *brestaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to burst, break, crack, split, separate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²brɪsːta/
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Verb
brista (present brister, preterite brast, supine brustit, imperative brist)
- (intransitive) to break, to burst
- Den tunna isen brast
- The thin ice broke
- 1915, Dan Andersson, Kolvaktarens Visor, Sizzi:
- Vid Lasso, där isarna råmande brista, […]
- By Lasso, where the ices bellowing break, […]
- to be lacking (in some respect)
- Domaren brister i objektivitet
- The judge is lacking in objectivity
Conjugation
Conjugation of brista (class 3 strong)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | brista | — | ||
| Supine | brustit | — | ||
| Imperative | brist | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | bristen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | brister | brast | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | brista | brusto | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | briste | bruste | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | bristande | |||
| Past participle | brusten | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
See also
Further reading
- brista in Svensk ordbok.
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