Answer:
I hold two meanings. With one I may be broken with the other I hold on.
What has a bottom at the top?
What comes once in a minute twice in a moment but never in a thousand years?
Before I grow I'm small. When I'm old I grow tall. When I die I give a mighty fall.
Ripped from my ancestors home beaten and burned I become a bloodthirsty killer.
It rows quickly with four oars but never comes out from under his own roof. What is it?