Hertford
English
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English Hertford, from Old English Heorotford, from heorot (“stag”) + ford (“ford”), equivalent to hart + ford.
Pronunciation
- (town in England and college):
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɑːtfəd/, (less common) /ˈhɑːfəd/[1][2]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɑɹtfɚd/
Proper noun
Hertford
- A town and civil parish (with a town council) in East Hertfordshire district, and the county town of Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3212). [3]
- A town, the county seat of Perquimans County, North Carolina, United States.
- (Oxford University, informal) Ellipsis of Hertford College, Oxford.
Derived terms
References
- ^ Luick, Karl (1929-1940), Herbert Wild, Friedrich Koziol, editors, Historische Grammatik der englischen Sprache[1], Erster Band, II. Abteilung, Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, published 1940, →OCLC, § 779, page 1067.
- ^ Ross, Alan S. C. (1970), “Hertford”, in How to pronounce it[2], London: Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 103.
- ^ Parish map (Hertfordshire)
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old English Heorotford, Heortford; equivalent to hert (“hart”) + ford (“ford, crossing”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɛr(t)fɔrdˌ/, /ˈhɛr(t)ˌfoːrd/, (late) /ˈhar(t)-/
Proper noun
Hertford
- Hertford (a town in Hertfordshire, England)