hert

From Middle High German hart, herte, from Old High German hart.

hert

1. (Uri) hard

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 6.

• IPA^(key): /ɦɛrt/

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• Hyphenation: hert
• Rhymes: -ɛrt
• Homophone: Hert

From Middle Dutch hert, from Old Dutch hirut, from Proto-West Germanic *herut, from Proto-Germanic *herutaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-.

hert n (plural herten, diminutive hertje n)

1. a deer, a ruminant of the family Cervidae; sometimes used of members of the families Moschidae and Tragulidae in non-scientific use (see derived terms)
   • 1773, Genootschap Laus Deo, Salus Populo, "Psalm 42" (modernised spelling).

     't Hijgend hert der jacht ontkomen, schreeuwt niet sterker naar 't genot, van de frisse waterstromen, dan mijn ziel verlangt naar God.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. venison, the meat of a deer

• hart

• Afrikaans: hert

hert n (plural herten, diminutive hertje n)

1. (Southern) alternative form of hart (“heart”)

From Old Dutch hirut, hirot.

hert m or n

1. deer

• hēert

• Dutch: hert, hart
  • Afrikaans: hert
• Limburgish: hèrtj

From Old Dutch *herth, from Proto-West Germanic *herþ.

hert m

1. hearth, fireplace

• hāert
• hēert

• Dutch: haard
  • Afrikaans: haard
• Limburgish: haerdj

• “hert (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “hert (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “hert (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page III
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “hert (IV)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page IV

From Old English heorot.

• harte, hartt, heert, heort

• IPA^(key): /hɛrt/, /hɛːrt/

hert (plural hertes)

1. A hart (red deer, usually the male)
2. A depiction of a hart, including in heraldry.

• English: hart
• Scots: hert

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

hert

1. alternative form of herte

hert

1. alternative form of herde (“herder”)

hert

1. alternative form of hird (“household”)

hert

1. alternative form of hurt

hert

1. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of herðr

hert

1. supine of herða

From Middle English herte.

hert (plural herts)

1. heart

• haert
• hairt

• “hert, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

From Old Frisian herte, from Proto-West Germanic *hertā.

• IPA^(key): /hɛt/

hert n (plural herten, diminutive hertsje)

1. heart

• “hert (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

From Middle English heren, from Old English hīeran, from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan.

• IPA^(key): /hɛrt/

hert

1. heard
   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 8-9:

     wee hert ee zough o'ye colure o' pace na name o' Mulgrave.

     we heard the distant sound of the wings of the dove of peace, in the word Mulgrave.

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 116