"bosm" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /boːsm/, [boːzm]
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *bōsmaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*bōsmaz}} Proto-Germanic *bōsmaz Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=bōsm|head2=|sort=}} bōsm m, {{ang-noun|m|head=bōsm}} bōsm m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|bōsm}}, {{ang-decl-noun|bōsm|bōsmas|bōsm|bōsmas|bōsmes|bōsma|bōsme|bōsmum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: bōsm [canonical, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], bōsm [nominative, singular], bōsmas [nominative, plural], bōsm [accusative, singular], bōsmas [accusative, plural], bōsmes [genitive, singular], bōsma [genitive, plural], bōsme [dative, singular], bōsmum [dative, plural], bōsum [alternative]
  1. breast, bosom, chest
    Sense id: en-bosm-ang-noun-trDEE9Fo Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Anatomy Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of Anatomy: 87 13
  2. (area contained by an) embrace
    Sense id: en-bosm-ang-noun-OWLOaDyB Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 80
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          "name": "desctree"
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          "text": "Ðū wuldres þrym bōsme gebære.",
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          "english": "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.",
          "text": "late 9th century, Old English Martyrology\nHerodes hēt tīon þā ċild of hira mōdor brēostum ond bōsmum, ond þonne man þā ċild cwealde, þonne spiwon hīe þā meoloc ǣr þæt blōd.",
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          "english": "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.",
          "text": "late 9th century, Old English Martyrology\nHerodes hēt tīon þā ċild of hira mōdor brēostum ond bōsmum, ond þonne man þā ċild cwealde, þonne spiwon hīe þā meoloc ǣr þæt blōd.",
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        "(area contained by an) embrace"
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      "ipa": "[boːzm]"
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