v., northern form of BURST.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 7170. Þat all þe bandes of him brast.
c. 1450. Songs & Carols, 51 (Mätz.). Tyll both hys eyen in watyr gan brast.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, XII. Prol. 39. The fyry sparkis brastyng fra his ene.
1818. Byron, Ch. Har., I. lxxviii. Mid wounds, and clinging darts, and lances brast.
1865. Miss Lahee, Betty o’ Yep’s T., 10, in Lanc. Gloss. (E. D. S.), s.v., Laughin’ fit to brast their soides.
