breost
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Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
breost (plural breostes or breosten)
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of brest (“breast”)
Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *breust, from Proto-Germanic *breustą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to swell”). Cognate with Old Frisian briāst, Old Saxon briost, Old Norse brjóst.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
brēost n or f
Declension[edit]
Usual (neuter) declension:
Declension of breost (strong-a-stem)
Feminine declension:
Declension of breost (strong ō-stem)
Descendants[edit]
Categories:
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- Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
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- Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
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