bosm

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bōsmaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /boːsm/, [boːzm]

Noun

bōsm m

  1. breast, bosom, chest
    • Ðū wuldres þrym bōsme gebære. ― You bear the majesty of Glory on your breast.
    • late 9th century, Old English Martyrology
      Herodes hēt tīon þā ċild of hira mōdor brēostum ond bōsmum, ond þonne man þā ċild cwealde, þonne spiwon hīe þā meoloc ǣr þæt blōd.
      Herod ordered that the children be torn from their mothers' breasts and bosoms, and when they were killed they spat out the milk before the blood.
  2. (area contained by an) embrace

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative bōsm bōsmas
accusative bōsm bōsmas
genitive bōsmes bōsma
dative bōsme bōsmum

Descendants

  • Middle English: bosom, bosum, bosem
    • English: bosom
    • Scots: bosum, bosome
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