Noun: herte
| Sg. | herte |
| Pl. | hertes; herten; herte |
Genitive
Dative
Sample Sentences
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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:]
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.
Translations