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Old English · noun

breosthord

Normalised brēosthord

Part of speech
noun, masculine / neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈbre͜oːstˌxord/
[ˈbre͜oːstˌhorˠd]
Syllables
ˈbre͜oːst · ˌxord (2 syllables)
Modern English
breast'shoard

Meaning

  1. breast's hoard, thought, mind, heart

    Swylċe ġēac monað ġeōmran reorde, singeð sumeres weard, sorge bēodeð bitter in brēosthord.

    Also cuckoo goads with the sad voice, the summer’s guard sings, gives bitter sorrow in heart.

    10th century, The Seafarer:

Declension

Declension of breosthord
SingularPlural
Nominative brēosthordbrēosthordbrēosthordas
Accusative brēosthordbrēosthordbrēosthordas
Genitive brēosthordesbrēosthorda
Dative brēosthordebrēosthordum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From brēost (“breast”) + hord (“hoard”).

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