Breóst-cearu

Old English Dictionary Entry

Breóst-cearu

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words:

Definitions

1 breóst-cearu

f. [breóst II. the heart, mind, cearu care] The care of the heart, anxiety, grief, sorrow; ægritudo, mæror :-- Ic bitre breóst-ceare gebiden hæbbe I have suffered bitter grief, Exon. 81 b; Th. 306, 7; Seef. 4: 115 b; Th. 444, 9; Kl. 44. breost-cearu

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚱᛖᚩᛋᛏ-ᚳᛠᚱᚢ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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