on-bregdan, _to tear open, to throw open_: pret. onbräd þâ recedes mûðan, _had then thrown open the entrance of the hall_ (onbregdan is used because the opening door swings upon its hinges), 724. brego, st. m., _prince, ruler_: nom. sg. 427, 610. brego-rôf, adj., _powerful, like a ruler, of heroic strength_: nom. sg. m., 1926. brego-stôl, st. m., _throne_, figuratively for _rule_: acc. sg. him gesealde seofon þûsendo, bold and brego-stôl, _seven thousand_ see under sceat), _a country-seat, and the dignity of a prince_, 2197; þær him Hygd gebeád ... brego-stôl, _where H. offered him the chief power_, 2371; lêt þone bregostôl Beówulf healdan, _gave over to Beówulf the chief power_ (did not prevent Beówulf from entering upon the government), 2390. 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. breótan, st. v., _to break, to break in pieces, to kill_: pret. breát beódgeneátas, _killed his table-companions_ (courtiers), 1714. â-breótan, same as above: pret. þone þe heó on räste âbreát, _whom she killed upon his couch_, 1299; pret. part. þâ þät monige gewearð, þät hine seó brimwylf âbroten häfde, _many believed that the sea-wolf_ (Grendel's mother) _had killed him_, 1600; hî hyne ... âbroten häfdon, _had killed him_ (the dragon), 2708.