Breóst-wylm

Old English Dictionary Entry

Breóst-wylm

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 breóst-wylm

m. The fountain of the breast, a breast, teat, emotion of the breast, grief; pectoris fons, uber, pectoris æstuatio, ærumna :-- Ðu eart hiht min fram breóstwylmum módor mínre tu es spes mea ab uberibus matris meæ, Ps. Spl. 21, 8. He ðone breóstwylm forberan ne mihte he could not restrain the emotion of his breast, Beo. Th. 3758; B. 1877. breost-wylm

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚱᛖᚩᛋᛏ-ᚹᚣᛚᛗ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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