Brast
/bræst/noun
An obsolete or dialectal past tense of “burst,” meaning broke open or erupted suddenly.
Did you know?“Brast” appears in older English and Scots as a past form of “burst,” reflecting a period when English verbs had much more variation than they do today.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*brestaną
“to burst, crack, or break apart”
Old English
Old English
berstan
“to burst or break open”
Old Norse
Old Norse
bresta
“to burst, crack, or snap”
Middle English
Middle English
bresten / brasten
“to burst, break, or erupt”
15th–16th Century
English
brast
“Past tense of “burst”; broke open or erupted”
Modern English
English
brast
“An obsolete or dialectal form meaning “burst””