herte

From Old Dutch herta, from Proto-Germanic *hertô, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr.

herte n or f

1. heart
2. heart as seat of emotion

   Synonym: sin

3. heart, middle

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• harte

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

• “herte”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “herte”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

From Old English heorte, from Proto-Germanic *hertô, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr.

• heortæ, hert, heorte, horte, hirte, harte, huerte, hierte, herrte, hertt

• (Early ME) IPA^(key): /ˈhœrt(ə)/
• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛrt(ə)/

herte (plural hertes or herten or herte)

1. The heart (organ in animals (sometimes as meat) and people).
2. One's inner self; the mind or intellect:
   1. One's recollection or recall; one's ability to remember.
   2. (rare) One's intuition or sixth sense.
3. One's feelings and beliefs, or the heart viewed as a source of them:
   1. Positive emotional feelings; cheerfulness, happiness.
   2. Bravery, resolve, or the heart viewed as a source of them.
   3. A person's temperament, attitude or behaviour.
   4. One's present mental state or attitude; how one feels.
   5. Ardour, lovingness; a strong and deep-seated liking of something.
   6. One's soul or religious feelings and attitudes.
   7. (rare) Faithfulness, fidelity; keeping one's words.
4. What one wants, especially compared to the reality of one's actions.
5. A heart-shaped trinket made of a specified material.
6. The core, middle, or nexus of something.
7. (rare) Wood from the interior section of a tree.

• herte blood
• herted
• hertles

• English: heart
• Scots: hert, hart, hairt
• Yola: hearth

• “herte (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-05.

From Old English heorot.

herte

1. Alternative form of hert