Noun: heorte
Gender: f
Nominative
| Singular | heorte |
| Plural | heortan |
Genitive
| Singular | heortan |
| Plural | heortena |
Dative
| Singular | heortan |
| Plural | heortum |
Accusative
| Singular | heortan |
| Plural | heortan |
Sample Sentences
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c. 992, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Nativiity of Our Lord"
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Ðyllīce word María hēold ārǣfniġende on hire heortan. (Such words Mary held, pondering them in her heart.)
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Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
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Woruldcara, and welan, and flǣsċlīċe lustas forsmoriað ðǣs mōdes ðrotan, and ne geðafiað gōdne willan infaran tō his heortan, swilċe hī ðone līflīċan blǣd forðrǣstne ācwellon. Twā wiðerrǣde ðing geðēodde Drihten on ðisum cwyde, þæt sind ymhīdiġnyssa and lustas. (Concern about worldly things, and wealth, and carnal lusts choke the throat of the mind, and do not allow good will into the heart, as if they killed it by crushing the living fruit. The Lord connected two contrary things in this saying, which are cares and lusts.)
Nouns inflected like heorte
seohhe,
sneare,
snecce,
safine,
sceppe,
smitte,
smiþþe,
slyppe,
sloppe,
ylfete,
cynewiþþe,
alexandre,
hoppestre,
hennebelle,
gagelle,
gagille,
gagolle,
feldmore,
mynetsmiþþe,
fiþelestre, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Proto-West Germanic *hertā.
2. Cognate with Old Frisian herte, Old Saxon herta, Old Dutch herta, 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. See: Old Norse Nouns '
hjarta', Gothic Nouns '
𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍉', Greek Nouns '
καρδία', Latin Nouns '
cor'.
Verbs referencing "heorte"
English Nouns
heart, Latin Nouns
cor, Old Norse Nouns
hjarta, Ancient Greek Nouns
καρδία, Middle English Nouns
harte, Middle English Nouns
herte.
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