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BOLSTER

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
BOLSTER, gen. bolstres; m. A
Wright's OE grammar
§340;
BOLSTER, a pillow for the head; cervical
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  • He his heáfód onhylde to ðam bolstre, and medmycel fæc onslǽpte

    reclinavit caput ad cervical, modicumque obdormivit,

      Bd. 4, 24; S. 599, 7.
  • He wæs on scipe, ofer bolster slápende

    erat in puppi, super cervical dormiens,

      Mk. Bos. 4, 38.
  • Hit geondbrǽded wearþ beddum and bolstrum

    it was overspread with beds and bolsters,

      Beo. Th. 2484; B. 1240.
Etymology
[Dut. bolster, m. a shell: Kil. bolster culcita: Ger. polster, m. cervical: M. H. Ger. bolster, m: O. H. Ger. bolstar, n: Swed. bolster, n. a mattress: O. Nrs. bólstr. m. a bolster.]
Derived forms
DER. heáfod-bolster, hleór-.
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  • BOLSTER, n.