Old English · noun
heorte
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- weak n-stem
- IPA
- /ˈxe͜or.te/[ˈhe͜orˠ.te]
- Syllables
- ˈxe͜or · te (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- heartmuscleemotion
Meaning
-
heart (muscle)
-
heart (seat of emotion)
Ðyllīce word María hēold ārǣfniġende on hire heortan.
Such words Mary held, pondering them in her heart.
c. 992, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Nativiity of Our Lord"
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hertā. Cognate with Old Frisian herte, Old Saxon herta, Old Dutch herta, Old High German herza, Old Norse hjarta, Gothic (hairtō). The Indo-European root is also the source of Greek καρδία (kardía), Latin cor, Welsh craidd, Russian се́рдце (sérdce), Lithuanian širdis.
Descendants
heart
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