Old English

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Etymology

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ange (tight) +‎ brēost (chest)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɑnɡˌbre͜oːst/, [ˈɑŋɡˌbre͜oːst]

Noun

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angbrēost n

  1. asthma, shortness of breath

Declension

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References

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Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “angbrēost”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.