Breóst-hord

Old English Dictionary Entry

Breóst-hord

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 breóst-hord

n. m. [breóst II. the heart, mind, hord a hoard, treasure] The breast's treasure, the thought, mind, heart; pectoris thesaurus, cogitatio, mens, cor :-- Óþ-ðæt wordes ord breóst-hord þurhbræc until the point [or issue] of the word broke through his mind, Beo. Th. 5577; B. 2792. Him on ferhþe greów breóst-hord blódreów in his mind there grew a bloodthirsty thought. Beo. Th. 3442; B. 1719: Exon. 82 a; Th. 309, 10; Seef. 55. breost-hord

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚱᛖᚩᛋᛏ-ᚻᚩᚱᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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