herte blood

Middle English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛrt(ə) bloːd/

Noun

herte blood (uncountable)

  1. heart-blood, lifeblood
    • 1385, Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde‎[1], Book 2, lines 444-445:
      Fro this forth shal I never eten breed
      Til I myn owene herte blood may see;
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (rare) life, livelihood

Descendants

  • English: heart-blood

References

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