[breme], adj., known afar, renowned. nom. sg., [18].
[brenting] (see [brant]), st. m., ship craft: nom. pl. brentingas, [2808].
â-[breátan], st. v., to break, to break in pieces, to kill: pret. âbreót brimwîsan, killed the sea-king (King Hæðcyn), [2931]. See [breótan].
[breóst], st. n.: 1) breast: nom. sg., [2177]; often used in the pl., so acc. þät mîne breóst wereð, which protects my breast, [453]; dat. pl. beadohrägl broden on breóstum läg. [552].—2) the inmost thoughts, the mind, the heart, the bosom: nom. sg. breóst innan weóll þeóstrum geþoncum, his breast heaved with troubled thoughts, [2332]; dat. pl. lêt þâ of breóstum word ût faran, caused the words to come out from his bosom, [2551].
[breóst-gehygd], st. n. f., breast-thought, secret thought: instr. pl. -gehygdum, [2819].
[breóst-gewædu], st. n. pl., breast-clothing, garment covering the breast, of the coat of mail: nom., [1212]; acc., [2163].
[breóst-hord], st. m., breast-hoard, that which is locked in the breast, heart, mind, thought, soul: nom. sg., [1720]; acc. sg., [2793].
[breóst-net], st. n., breast-net, shirt of chain-mail, coat of mail: nom. sg. breóst-net broden, [1549].
[breóst-weorðung], st. f., ornament that is worn upon the breast: acc. sg. breóst-weorðunge, [2505]: here the collar is meant which Beówulf receives from Wealhþeów ([1196], [2174]) as a present, and which B., according to [2173], presents to Hygd, while, according to [1203], it is in the possession of her husband Hygelâc. In front the collar is trimmed with ornaments (frätwe), which hang down upon the breast, hence the name breóst-weorðung.
[breóst-wylm], st. m., heaving of the breast, emotion of the bosom: acc. sg, [1878].