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breost

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Middle English

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Noun

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breost

  1. (Early Middle English) alternative form of brest (“breast”)

Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *breustą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to swell”). Cognate with Old Frisian briāst, Old Saxon briost, Old Norse brjóst.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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brēost n

  1. chest
  2. breast
    • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, "Gospel of Saint John", chapter 13, verse 25
      Witodlīce þā hē hlinode ofer ðæs Hǣlendes brēostum, hē cwæð tō him, Drihten, hwæt ys hē?
      Certainly when he leaned over the Healer's (Jesus') breasts, he said to him, Lord, who is he?
    • late 9th century, Old English Martyrology
      Herodes hēt tīon þā ċild of hira mōdor brēostum ond bōsmum, ond þonne man þā ċild cwealde, þonne spiwon hīe þā meoloc ǣr þæt blōd.
      Herod ordered that the children be torn from their mothers' breasts and bosoms, and when they were killed they spat out the milk before the blood.
  3. heart (seat of emotions located in the chest area)

Declension

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Usual (neuter) declension: Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative brēost brēost
accusative brēost brēost
genitive brēostes brēosta
dative brēoste brēostum

Occasionally it occurs as feminine: Strong ō-stem:

singular plural
nominative brēost brēosta, brēoste
accusative brēoste brēosta, brēoste
genitive brēoste brēosta
dative brēoste brēostum

Derived terms

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Descendants

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