breost

Middle English

Noun

breost (plural breostes or breosten)

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

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Old English

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /bre͜oːst/

Noun

brēost n or f

1. chest
2. breast
3. bosom (seat of emotions located in the chest area)

Declension

Usual (neuter) declension:

Declension of breost (strong-a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	brēost	brēost
accusative	brēost	brēost
genitive	brēostes	brēosta
dative	brēoste	brēostum

Feminine declension:

Declension of breost (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	brēost	brēosta, brēoste
accusative	brēoste	brēosta, brēoste
genitive	brēoste	brēosta
dative	brēoste	brēostum

Descendants

• Middle English: brest, breste, breost, breist, brost, brust, brist, breast, bryest
  • English: brest, breast
  • Scots: brest, breist, breest