Breóst-gewǽdu

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - breóst-gewǽdu

According to the Old English Dictionary:

breóst-gewǽdu
pl. n. [breóst I. the breast, gewǽde a garment, clothing] A covering for the breast, corselet; pectoris vestimentum, lorica :-- Gehwearf in Francna fæðm feorh cyninges, breóstgewǽdu, and se beáh somod the king's life fell into the power of the Franks, his corselet, and his collar also, Bec. Th. 2426; B. 1211: Beo. Th. 4330; B. 2162. breost-gewædu
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