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BÓSUM

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
BÓSUM, bósm, es; m.
The space included by the folding of the arms, the BOSOM, lap, breast, interior parts; sinus, gremium, pectus, interna
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  • Ðæt ic híg bǽre on mínum bósume, swá fóstormódor déþ cyld

    ut portarem eos in sinu meo, sicut portare solet nutrix infantulum,

    • Num. 11, 12
      • .

  • Mín gebéd on bósme mínum byþ gecyrred

    oratio mea in sinu meo convertetur,

    • Ps. Lamb. 34, 13
      • :
    • 73, 11
      • :
    • 78, 12
      • :
    • 88, 51
      • .

  • Ic winde sceal swelgan of sumes bósme

    I [i.e. a horn] shall swell with wind from some one's bosom,

    • Exon. 104 a
      • ;
    • Th. 395, 30
      • ;
    • Rä. 15, 15. l09 b
      • ;
    • Th. 419, 17
      • ;
    • Rä. 38, 7
      • :
    • 127 a
      • ;
    • Th. 489, 11
      • ;
    • Rä. 78, 6
      • .

  • Gescype scylfan on scipes bósme

    make shelves in the interior [lit. bosom] of the ship,

    • Cd. 65
      • ;
    • Th. 79, 5
      • ;
    • Gen. 1306: 67
      • ;
    • Th. 80, 21
      • ;
    • Gen. 1332: 71
      • ;
    • Th. 85, 6
      • ;
    • Gen. 1410
      • :
    • Chr. 937
      • ;
    • Erl. 112, 27
      • ;
    • Æðelst. 27
      • .

  • Of brimes bósme

    from the sea's bosom,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 887
      • ;
    • An. 444
      • .

  • Dó ðíne hand on ðínne bósum. Ðá he híg dyde on his bósum

    mitte manum tuam in sinum tuum: cum misisset in sinum,

    • Ex. 4, 6, 7
      • .

  • Án man mihte faran ofer his ríce, mid his bósum full goldes, ungederad

    a man might go over his kingdom, with his bosom full of gold, unhurt,

    • Chr. 1086
      • ;
    • Erl. 222, 4
      • .

  • Ðú ðínre módor bósm sylfa gesóhtes

    thou thyself soughtest thy mother's bosom,

    • Exon. 121 b
      • ;
    • Th. 465, 27
      • ;
    • Hö. 110
      • .

  • Ðú wuldres þrym bósme gebǽre

    thou barest the majesty of glory [Christ] in thy breast,

    • 9 a
      • ;
    • Th. 6, 14
      • ;
    • Cri. 84
      • .
Etymology
[
Wyc. bosum
:
Laym. bosm
:
Orm. bosemm
:
Plat. bussen, bossen
:
O. Sax. bósom, m
:
O. Frs. bosm, m
:
Dut. boezem, m
:
Ger. busen, m
:
M. H. Ger. buosem, buosen, m
:
O. H. Ger. bósam, buosam, m. sinus.
]
Derived forms
fámig-bósm, swegl-,
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “BÓSUM.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/4886.

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