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Old English
Etymology
Apparently borrowed into West Saxon from Mercian; the expected West Saxon form would be *hierfest. From Proto-West Germanic *harbist. A North Germanic variant *harbustaz was the source of Old Norse haust (Swedish höst, Icelandic haust).
Cognates:
Cognate with
Old Frisian herfst (
West Frisian hjerst),
Old Saxon hervist (
Low German harvst),
Dutch herfst,
Old High German herbist (
German Herbst). The Indo-European root is also the source of
Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós,
“fruit”),
Latin carpō (“pick, pluck”),
Middle Irish corrán (“sickle”),
Lithuanian kirpti (“cut”),
Old Church Slavonic чрьпати (črĭpati) (
Russian серп (serp,
“sickle”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
hærfest m
- harvest
- autumn, fall
Declension
Declension of hærfest (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
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