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Old English · noun

byrst

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong i-stem
Modern English
bristledefectfailureloss

byrst1 · noun · masculine

Senses

  1. loss, defect, failure

  2. injury

Declension · strong i-stem

Declension of byrst
SingularPlural
Nominative byrstbyrstas
Accusative byrstbyrstas
Genitive byrstesbyrsta
Dative byrstebyrstum

byrst2 · noun · neuter

Senses

  1. bristle

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of byrst
SingularPlural
Nominative byrstbyrst
Accusative byrstbyrst
Genitive byrstesbyrsta
Dative byrstebyrstum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *brestuz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰres‑.

From Proto-West Germanic *bursti, from Proto-Germanic *burstiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥stís.

Descendants

bristle

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