heorot

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Old English

Alternative forms

heorut, heort

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *herut, from Proto-Germanic *herutaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kerud- (Ancient Greek κόρυδος (kórudos, “crested lark”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (Latin cervus (“horn”)). Germanic cognates include Old Saxon hirot, Old High German hiruz, and Old Norse hjǫrtr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxe͜o.rot/,

Noun

heorot m

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	heort	heortas
accusative	heort	heortas
genitive	heortes	heorta
dative	heorte	heortum

Hyponyms

bucc (“buck”)
dā (“doe”)
eolh (“elk”)
hind (“hind”)
hindċealf (“fawn”)
hrān (“reindeer”)

Derived terms

Heorot (the great mead hall described in Beowulf)
Heorotford

Descendants

Middle English: hert, harte, hartt, heert, heort
- English: hart
- Scots: hert

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