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Middle English
Noun
heorte
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of herte
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hertā.
Cognate with Old Frisian herte, Old Saxon herta, Old Dutch herte, 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
Noun
heorte f
- heart (muscle)
- heart (seat of emotion)
Declension
Declension of heorte (weak)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Middle English: herte, hart, harte, heorte, hert, hertt, hirte, huerte; heortæ, heorrte, herrte, hierte, horte, hurte