Breóst-wylm

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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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
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