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Old English · noun

breost

Normalised brēost

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/bre͜oːst/
Syllables
bre͜oːst (1 syllable)
Modern English
breastbrestemotionschestlocated

Meaning

  1. chest

  2. breast

    c. 990, Wessex Gospels, "Gospel of Saint John", chapter 13, verse 25

    Certainly when he leaned over the Healer's (Jesus') breasts, he said to him, Lord, who is he?

  3. heart (seat of emotions located in the chest area)

Declension

Declension of breost
SingularPlural
Nominative brēostbrēostbrēostabrēoste
Accusative brēostbrēostebrēostbrēostabrēoste
Genitive brēostesbrēostebrēosta
Dative brēostebrēostum

All forms (5)

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.

Descendants

breast, brest

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