heorte

Middle English

Noun

heorte

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of herte

Old English

Alternative forms

• herte — Northumbrian
• hearte, hiorte

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.

Declension

Weak:

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

Derived terms

• heortlēas
• -heort

Descendants

• Middle English: herte, hart, harte, heorte, hert, hertt, hirte, huerte, heortæ, heorrte, herrte, hierte, horte, hurte (Early Middle English)
  • English: heart (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: hert, hart, hairt
  • Yola: hearth, hart