Word: 'breath' • Extended Annotations

breath

Extended Annotations

Ancestral Lore

Ancestral Lore of breath

Old English bræð/brǣth "odor, scent, stink, exhalation, vapor"

æðm/ǣthm was the Old English word for "breath, air exhaled from the lungs"
Proto-West Germanic āþm
Cognate with Old High German ātum (German Atem)
atman, in Hindu philosophy, "the self or soul"
from Sanskrit atma "essence, breath, soul" which is the source of Old English æðm, Dutch adem, Old High German atum, OE eþian

breath noun

inhale (perception) and exhale (action, contribution) of/to experience

a: air filled with a fragrance or odor
b: a slight indication; suggestion
a: the faculty of breathing
b: an act of breathing
c: opportunity or time to breathe; respite
a slight breeze
a: air inhaled and exhaled in breathing
b: something (such as moisture on a cold surface) produced by breath or breathing
c: inhalation
a spoken sound; utterance
spirit, animation

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Specific examples and quotes of breath

"Generally speaking, rifts are revisited to mend oneself. For instance, a wegler who breathes in pure candor may evolve the ability to sight portals."

"Weird Genius"
The Story of Your Ankh
by Sabina Nore

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~☉~	lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context
⚜	classic definition
☣	artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense

WEIRD GENIUS
The Story of Your Ankh