種たねを宿やどす

expression, godan verb (-su)

to be the mother of someone's child

A literary or euphemistic expression meaning to conceive and bear a child for a particular person. Often used in historical or dramatic contexts.

• 彼かの女じょは彼かれの種たねを宿やどした。

  She bore his child.

• 物もの語がたりでは、姫ひめが敵てきの種たねを宿やどす運うん命めいにあった。

  In the tale, the princess was fated to bear the child of her enemy.