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

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• 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.

• hart, harte, heorte, hert, hertt, hirte, huerte
• heortæ, heorrte, herrte, hierte, horte, hurte (Early Middle English)

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛrt(ə)/

herte (plural hertes or herten or herte)

1. (anatomy) heart (organ, sometimes eaten).
2. One's inner self; the mind:
   1. One's memory or recall; one's ability to remember.
   2. (rare) One's intuition or sixth sense.
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. One's (inherent or current) attitude or behaviour.
   5. One's or religious feelings and attitudes.
      • 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, […]

   6. (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.
7. (rare) Wood from the middle of a tree.

• 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 2019-03-05.

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 n

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

Declension of herte (neuter n-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	herte	hertene, hertne
genitive	herta	hertana, hertena
dative	herta	hertum, hertem hertenum, hertenem
accusative	herte	hertene, hertne

• 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)