breostban
Old English
Etymology
Compound of brēost (“breast”) + bān (“bone”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbre͜oːstˌbɑːn/
Noun
brēostbān n
Descendants
- Middle English: brestbon
- English: breastbone
- Scots: breestbane
References
- Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “breóst-bán”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.