breost
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-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
- chest
- breast
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, "Gospel of Saint John", chapter 13, verse 25
- Witodlīce þā hē hlinode ofer ðæs Hǣlendes brēostum, hē cwæð tō him, Drihten, hwæt ys hē?
- Certainly when he leaned over the Healer's (Jesus') breasts, he said to him, Lord, who is he?
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, "Gospel of Saint John", chapter 13, verse 25
- heart (seat of emotions located in the chest area)
Declension edit
Usual (neuter) declension:
Declension of breost (strong a-stem)
Occasionally it occurs as feminine:
Declension of breost (strong ō-stem)