hjarta – Old Norse noun declension

Old Norse noun forms of hjarta

Noun: hjarta
Gender: n

Nominative

Sg. Indef.hjarta
Sg. Def.hjartat
Pl. Indef.hjǫrtu
Pl. Def.hjǫrtun

Genitive

Sg. Indef.hjarta
Sg. Def.hjartans
Pl. Indef.hjartna
Pl. Def.hjartnanna

Dative

Sg. Indef.hjarta
Sg. Def.hjartanu
Pl. Indef.hjǫrtum
Pl. Def.hjǫrtunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.hjarta
Sg. Def.hjartat
Pl. Indef.hjǫrtu
Pl. Def.hjǫrtun

Sample Sentences

  • Hugr einn þat veit,
  • er býr hjarta nær,
  • einn er hann sér of sefa;
  • ǫng er sótt verri
  • hveim snotrum manni (The mind alone knows what is near the heart,
  • Each is his own judge:
  • The worst sickness for a wise man
  • Is to crave what he cannot enjoy.) [Hávamál 95 (tr. W. H. Auden and P. B. Taylor)]

Nouns inflected like hjarta

hjarta,

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hertô, whence also Old Saxon herta, Old Dutch herta, Old Frisian herte, Old English heorte, Old High German herza, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍉 (hairtō). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr. See: Old English Nouns 'heorte', Gothic Nouns '𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍉'.

Verbs referencing "hjarta"

Danish Nouns hjerte, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns hjerte, Old English Nouns heorte, Faroese Nouns hjarta, Icelandic Nouns hjarta, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns hjarta, Swedish Nouns hjärta, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns hjarte, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns hjerta.

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