HEORTE

Old English Dictionary Entry

HEORTE

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words:

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1 HEORTE

f. The HEART :-- Gif ðín heorte ace if thy heart ache, Lchdm. iii. 42, 1. Óþ ðæt him heortan blód foldan geséceþ until his heart's blood seek the earth, Salm. Kmbl. 314; Sal. 156 Wyxþ wind on ðære heortan wind waxeth in the heart, L. M. 1, 17 ; Lchdm. ii. 60, 7. Of ðære heortan cumaþ yfle geþancas de corde exeunt cogitationes malæ, Mt. Kmbl. 15, 19. Lustum heortena desideriis cordum, Ps. Th. 80, 12. [Laym. A. R. heorte: Orm. heorrte, herrte: Chauc. Wick. herte: Goth. hairto: O. Sax. herta: O. Frs. hirte: Icel. hjarta: O. H. Ger. herza: Ger. herz: Lat. cord-: Grk. ααρδία.] heorte

Runic Inscription

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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