breostcofa
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Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From brēost (“breast”) + cofa (“chamber”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]breostcofa m
- (poetic) breast-chamber, chest
- 10th century, The Wanderer:
- Forðon dōmġeorne · drēoriġne oft
in hyra brēostcofan · bindað fæste;- Therefore, eager for glory men oft bind tightly in their breast-chambers the sad one.
Declension
[edit]Declension of brēostcofa (weak)
References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “brēostcofa”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.