1 heila-böst (heila-bǫst)
n. pl., medic. the brain membrane; fyrir framan ok aptan h., denoting the forehead and occiput, N. G. L. i. 172; þá er maðr heilundi er kora (a probe) kennir inn til heilabasta, Grág. ii. 91.
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