hjarta

From Old Norse hjarta, from Proto-Germanic *hertô, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr (“heart”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈjaɹ̥ʈa]
• Rhymes: -aɹ̥ʈa

hjarta n (genitive singular hjarta, plural hjørtu or hjørtur)

1. heart (muscle)
2. heart (seat of emotion)

• hjarta mítt - my love (address)

From Old Norse hjarta, from Proto-Germanic *hertô, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr (“heart”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈçar̥ta/
• Rhymes: -ar̥ta

hjarta n (genitive singular hjarta, nominative plural hjörtu)

1. heart (muscle)
2. heart (seat of emotion)

• (seat of emotion): brjóst (literally "breast")

• hjartastilling
• hjartastillir
• hjarta-lungnalífgun

• IPA^(key): /²jɑrtɑ/, /²jɑːrtɑ/

From Old Norse hjarta, from Proto-Germanic *hertô. Akin to English heart.

• hjarte

hjarta n (definite singular hjarta, indefinite plural hjarto, definite plural hjarto)

1. heart (muscle)

   Hjarta er ein muskel.

   The heart is a muscle.

2. heart (seat of emotion)

   Hjarta mitt vil det annleis.

   My heart wants it different.

3. plural definite of hjarte

From Old Norse hjartaðr.

hjarta (singular and plural hjarta, comparative meir hjarta, superlative mest hjarta)

1. brave
2. hearted (describing a person's mind; used to create other adjectives)

   Han var ein hardhjarta person.

   He was a hardhearted person.

• (brave): modig, djerv

• heilhjarta

• “hjarta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *hertô, whence also Old Saxon herta (German Low German Hart), Old Dutch herta, Old Frisian herte, Old English heorte (English heart), Old High German herza (German Herz), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍉 (hairtō). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr.

hjarta n (genitive hjarta, plural hjǫrtu)

1. heart

• hjarta in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press