Breóst-loca

Old English Dictionary Entry

Breóst-loca

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words:

Definitions

1 breóst-loca

m. [breóst, loca an inclosure] The breast-inclosure, the mind; pectoris clausura, mens :-- Swefen he onfón ne meahte in his breóstlocan he could not contain the dream in his mind, Cd. 180; Th. 226, 7; Dan. 167: Elen. Kmbl. 2498; El. 1250. breost-loca

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚱᛖᚩᛋᛏ-ᛚᚩᚳᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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