Old English · noun

heorot

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /ˈxe͜o.rot/
[ˈhe͜o.rot]
Syllables: ˈxe͜o · rot (2 syllables)
Modern English: hart cervid deer stag

Meaning

deer
stag
hart
cervid

Declension

Declension of heorot
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	heorot	heortas
Accusative	heorot	heortas
Genitive	heortes	heorta
Dative	heorte	heortum

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.

Descendants

hart

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