heorte
Middle English
Noun
heorte
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of herte
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hertô, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr. Cognate with Old Frisian herte, Old Saxon herta, Old Dutch herte, Old High German herza, Old Norse hjarta, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍉 (hairtō). The Indo-European root is also the source of Greek καρδία (kardía), Latin cor, Welsh craidd, Russian се́рдце (sérdce), Lithuanian širdis.
Pronunciation
Noun
heorte f
- heart (muscle)
- Hiere heorte ġeswāc tō slēanne.
- Her heart stopped beating.
- heart (seat of emotion)
- Hē āġēat mē his heortan.
- He poured his heart out to me.
- Iċ forspille ǣniġne þe on mīnum weġe stande... furðum mīne āgene heortan, ġif þearf biþ.
- I'll destroy anyone who stands in my way... even my own heart, if need be.
Declension
Declension of heorte (weak)
Derived terms
Descendants
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