breostcofa

From brēost (“breast”) +‎ cofa (“chamber”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbre͜oːstˌko.fɑ/, [ˈbre͜oːstˌko.vɑ]

breostcofa m

1. (poetic) chest (Literally, “breastchamber”)
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Forðon dōmġeorne · drēoriġne oft in hyra brēostcofan · bindað fæste;

     Therefore, fame-eager ones oft in their breastcoves bind fast the sad one. [That is, they keep their sadness in their chests, to themselves.]

Weak:

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “brēostcofa”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.