Obs. Also 3 burst. [app. pa. pple. of a vb. *byrsten, bursten, a. ON. byrsta to bristle, f. burst bristle. (Mätzner cites an ON. adj. byrstr bristly, maned.)] Bristled, with bristles erect, bristling; also fig.
a. 1225. Juliana, 68. Set þat balefule beast as an burst bar [Bodl. MS. iburst bar] þat grunde his tuskes.
c. 1325. Pol. Songs, 151. Cometh the maister budel brust ase a bore.
