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Skilgreiningar

1. to burst, to break
   strong, verb
2. to cause to lack (to cause to experience a shortcoming of) [with accusative ‘someone’ (preceding) and accusative ‘something’ (following)] (idiomatically translated as "lack" with the preceding accusative object as the subject)
   impersonal, strong, verb

Dæmi

“Það er bara tímaspursmál hvenær stíflan brestur.”

It's only a question of time when the dam will burst.

“Drottinn er minn hirðir, mig mun ekkert bresta.”

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want (lit. “I shall want for nothing”).

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