bréost

bréost
n (-es/-), m (-es/-as), f (-e/-a) usu in pl breast, bosom; stomach, womb; mind, thought, disposition; richness, fullness, plenteousness, plenty, abundance, copiousness, fruitfulness, fertility, productiveness [ubertas], Of mind, character, etc., richness, fullness, Of style or language, copiousness, fullness

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  • bréostþing — n ( es/ ) region of the heart …   Old to modern English dictionary

  • béatan — béatan1 sv/t7 3rd pres bíeteþ past béot/on, beoft/on ptp gebéaten 1. to beat, pound, strike, lash, dash, thrust, hurt, injure; trans, (1) of living creatures; sume híe béoton they struck some; (1a) where the instrument is given, to beat with… …   Old to modern English dictionary

  • Brust — Sf std. (8. Jh.), mhd. brust, ahd. brust, mndd. borst, mndl. borst Stammwort. Aus g. * brusti f. Brust , auch in gt. brusts. Meist im Plural, auf den Dual der natürlichen Paarigkeit zurückgehend. Im Ablaut dazu g. * breusta n. in anord. brjóst n …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • Breast — (br[e^]st), n. [OE. brest, breost, As. bre[ o]st; akin to Icel. brj[=o]st, Sw. br[ o]st, Dan. bryst, Goth. brusts, OS. briost, D. borst, G. brust.] 1. The fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest; as, the breast of a man… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Breast drill — Breast Breast (br[e^]st), n. [OE. brest, breost, As. bre[ o]st; akin to Icel. brj[=o]st, Sw. br[ o]st, Dan. bryst, Goth. brusts, OS. briost, D. borst, G. brust.] 1. The fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest; as, the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Breast pang — Breast Breast (br[e^]st), n. [OE. brest, breost, As. bre[ o]st; akin to Icel. brj[=o]st, Sw. br[ o]st, Dan. bryst, Goth. brusts, OS. briost, D. borst, G. brust.] 1. The fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest; as, the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • To make a clean breast — Breast Breast (br[e^]st), n. [OE. brest, breost, As. bre[ o]st; akin to Icel. brj[=o]st, Sw. br[ o]st, Dan. bryst, Goth. brusts, OS. briost, D. borst, G. brust.] 1. The fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest; as, the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • brisket — noun Etymology: Middle English brusket; akin to Old English brēost breast Date: 14th century the breast or lower chest of a quadruped animal; also a cut of beef from the brisket see beef illustration …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • breast — I. noun Etymology: Middle English brest, from Old English brēost; akin to Old High German brust breast, Old Irish brú belly, Russian bryukho Date: before 12th century 1. either of the pair of mammary glands extending from the front of the chest… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • browse — I. verb (browsed; browsing) Etymology: Middle English brouusen, probably from Anglo French brouts Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. a. to consume as browse b. graze 2. to look over casually …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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