Old English · adjective
earmheort
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Modern English
- faint-hearted
Meaning
-
faint-hearted
-
merciful
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | earmheort | earmheort | earmheort |
| Accusative | earmheortne | earmheorte | earmheort |
| Genitive | earmheortes | earmheortre | earmheortes |
| Dative | earmheortum | earmheortre | earmheortum |
| Instrumental | earmheorte | earmheortre | earmheorte |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | earmheorte | earmheortaearmheorte | earmheort |
| Accusative | earmheorte | earmheortaearmheorte | earmheort |
| Genitive | earmheortra | earmheortra | earmheortra |
| Dative | earmheortum | earmheortum | earmheortum |
| Instrumental | earmheortum | earmheortum | earmheortum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | earmheorta | earmheorte | earmheorte |
| Accusative | earmheortan | earmheortan | earmheorte |
| Genitive | earmheortan | earmheortan | earmheortan |
| Dative | earmheortan | earmheortan | earmheortan |
| Instrumental | earmheortan | earmheortan | earmheortan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | earmheortan | earmheortan | earmheortan |
| Accusative | earmheortan | earmheortan | earmheortan |
| Genitive | earmheortraearmheortena | earmheortraearmheortena | earmheortraearmheortena |
| Dative | earmheortum | earmheortum | earmheortum |
| Instrumental | earmheortum | earmheortum | earmheortum |
All forms (10)
Etymology
From earm + -heort. A calque of Latin misericors, according to some scholars possibly under the influence of Gothic (armahairts).
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