heorte

Middle English

Noun

heorte

  1. (West Midland, Southern) alternative form of herte

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hertā.

Cognate with Old Frisian herte, Old Saxon herta, Old Dutch herta, 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

  • IPA(key): /ˈxe͜or.te/, [ˈhe͜orˠ.te]

Noun

heorte f

  1. heart (muscle)
  2. heart (seat of emotion)
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Nativiity of Our Lord"
      Ðyllīce word María hēold ārǣfniġende on hire heortan.
      Such words Mary held, pondering them in her heart.
    • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
      Woruldcara, and welan, and flǣsċlīċe lustas forsmoriað ðǣs mōdes ðrotan, and ne geðafiað gōdne willan infaran tō his heortan, swilċe hī ðone līflīċan blǣd forðrǣstne ācwellon. Twā wiðerrǣde ðing geðēodde Drihten on ðisum cwyde, þæt sind ymhīdiġnyssa and lustas.
      Concern about worldly things, and wealth, and carnal lusts choke the throat of the mind, and do not allow good will into the heart, as if they killed it by crushing the living fruit. The Lord connected two contrary things in this saying, which are cares and lusts.

Declension

Weak n-stem:

singular plural
nominative heorte heortan
accusative heortan heortan
genitive heortan heortena
dative heortan heortum

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Descendants

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