breost

== Middle English == === Noun === breost (Early Middle English) alternative form of brest (“breast”) == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *breust, from Proto-Germanic *breustą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to swell”). Cognate with Old Frisian briāst, Old Saxon briost, Old Norse brjóst. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bre͜oːst/ === Noun === brēost n chest breast c. 990, Wessex Gospels, "Gospel of Saint John", chapter 13, verse 25 late 9th century, Old English Martyrology heart (seat of emotions located in the chest area) ==== Declension ==== Usual (neuter) declension: Strong a-stem: Occasionally it occurs as feminine: Strong ō-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== brēostbān (“breastbone”) brēostcofa brēostrocc ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: brest, breste, breost, breist, brost, brust, brist, breast, bryestEnglish: brest, breastScots: brest, breist, breest→ Middle Cornish: brestCornish: brest→ Middle Welsh: brestWelsh: brest