herte

From Old Dutch herta, from Proto-West Germanic *hertā.

herte n or f

1. heart
2. heart as seat of emotion

   Synonym: sin

3. heart, middle

• harte

• Dutch: hart
  • Afrikaans: hart
• Limburgish: hert
• West Flemish: erte

• “herte”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “herte”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

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

• hert, hertt, hirte
• heortæ, hierte (Early Middle English); hart, harte (Late Middle English)
• herrte, heorrte (Ormulum)
• heorte, horte, huerte, hurte (West Midland, Southern)

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛrt(ə)/, (West Midland, Southern) /ˈhœrt(ə)/, (Late Middle English) /hart/

herte (plural hertes or herten or herte)

1. The heart (organ, sometimes eaten).
2. One's mind, memory, or intuition; the mental faculties.
3. One's feelings, or beliefs; the heart viewed as a source of them:
   1. Positive emotions; cheerfulness, happiness.
   2. Bravery, resolve, or courage.
   3. Ardour, love; a strong and deep-seated liking of something.
   4. An attitude or behaviour (inherent or current)
      • c. 1340, Dan Michel, “Vridom”, in Ayenbite of Inwyt‎^[1], page 86:

        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, […]

   5. (rare) Faithfulness, fidelity; keeping one's words.
4. One's intent or wish; what one wants.
5. A heart-shaped trinket.
6. The core or middle of something.

• herte blood
• herted
• hertles

• English: heart (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: hert, hart, hairt
• Yola: hearth, hart

• “herte, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 March 2019.

herte

1. alternative form of hert

herte

1. alternative form of hurten

• hirte

From Proto-West Germanic *hertā, from Proto-Germanic *hertô, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱérd.

herte f or n

1. (anatomy) heart
2. mind
3. the centre or core

• Saterland Frisian: Haat
• West Frisian: hert

• Hofmann, Dietrich; Tjerk Popkema, Anne with co-op. Gisela Hofmann (2008), Altfriesisches Handwörterbuch [Old Frisian Concise Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH Heidelberg, →ISBN
• Köbler, Gerhard, Altfriesisches Wörterbuch (4th edition 2014)