heorot
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See also: Heorot
Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *herut, from Proto-Germanic *herutaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kerud- (Ancient Greek κόρυδος (kórudos, “crested lark”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (Latin cervus (“horn”)). Germanic cognates include Old Saxon hirot, Old High German hiruz, and Old Norse hjǫrtr.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]heorot m
Declension
[edit]Declension of heort (strong a-stem)
Hyponyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- Heorot (the great mead hall described in Beowulf)
- Heorotford
Descendants
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- Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱerh₂-
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English nouns
- Old English masculine nouns
- Old English masculine a-stem nouns
- ang:Cervids
- ang:Male animals