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breóst-cófa

  • noun [ masculine ]
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breóst-cófa, an; m. [breóst the breast, the heart, mind, cófa a cave, chamber]
The breast-chamber, breast, heart, mind; pectoris cubile, pectus, uber, cor, animus
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  • Under breóstcófan

    sub pectore,

      Wanl. Catal. 48, 43.
  • Ðú eart hiht mín fram breóstcófan módor mínre

    tu es spes mea ab uberibus matris meæ, Ps.

      Lamb. 21, 10.
  • He wæs ðe blíðra on breóstcófan

    he was the blither in his heart, Bt. Met.

    Fox
      9, 64; Met. 9, 32: Cd. 27; Th. 36, 19; Gen. 574: Exon. 76 b; Th. 287, 22; Wand. 18.
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v.  in-cofa.
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