Breóst-cófa

Old English Dictionary Entry

Breóst-cófa

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words:

Definitions

1 breóst-cófa

m. [breóst the breast, the heart, mind, cófa a cave, chamber] The breast-chamber, breast, heart, mind; pectoris cubile, pectus, uber, cor, animus :-- Under breóstcófan sub pectore, Wanl. Catal. 48, 43. Ðú eart hiht mín fram breóstcófan módor mínre tu es spes mea ab uberibus matris meæ, Ps. Lamb. 21, 10. He wæs ðe blíðra on breóstcófan he was the blither in his heart, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 64; Met. 9, 32: Cd. 27; Th. 36, 19; Gen. 574: Exon. 76 b; Th. 287, 22; Wand. 18. breost-cofa

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚱᛖᚩᛋᛏ-ᚳᚩᚠᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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