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In front the collar is trimmed with ornaments (frætwe),
which hang down upon the breast, hence the name brēost-weorðung.

brēost-wylm, st. m. , _heaving of the breast, emotion of the bosom_: acc.
sg, 1878.

brēotan, st. v. , _to break, to break in pieces, to kill_: pret. brēat
bēodgenēatas, _killed his table-companions_ (courtiers), 1714.

ā-brēotan, same as above: pret. þone þe hēo on ræste ābrēat, _whom she
killed upon his couch_, 1299; pret. part. þā þæt monige gewearð, þæt hine
sēo brimwylf ābroten hæfde, _many believed that the sea-wolf_ (Grendel's
mother) _had killed him_, 1600; hī hyne . . .
ābroten hæfdon, _had killed
him_ (the dragon), 2708.

brim, st. n. , _flood, the sea_: nom. sg. , 848, 1595; gen. sg. tō brimes
faroðe, _to the sea_, 28; æt brimes nosan, _at the sea's promontory_, 2804;
nom. pl. brimu swaðredon, _the waves subsided_, 570.

brim-clif, st. n. , _sea-cliff, cliff washed by the sea_: acc. pl. -clifu,
222.

brim-lād, st.