herte – Middle English noun declension

Middle English noun forms of herte

Noun: herte
Sg.herte
Pl.hertes; herten; herte

Genitive

Dative

Sample Sentences

  • Ac hy habbeþ hire heꝛten zuo areꝛed ine god: þet hi ne pꝛayſeþ þe woꝛdle: bote ane botoun. and hi ne dredeþ kyng. ne eꝛl.[…] (But those who have their hearts inspired by God, who don't praise the world('s ways) even a bit and who don't fear kings, earls, […]) [c. 1340, Dan Michel, “Vridom”, in Ayenbite of Inwyt, page 86:]

Nouns inflected like herte

lende, herte, snake, soule, gate, hide, here,

Etymology

Inherited from Old English heorte, from Proto-West Germanic *hertā, from Proto-Germanic *hertô, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr. See: Old English Nouns 'heorte', Old English Nouns 'heorte'.

Verbs referencing "herte"

English Nouns heartstrings.

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