earmheort

Old English

Etymology

From earm +‎ -heort. A calque of Latin misericors, according to some scholars possibly under the influence of Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍃 (armahairts).

Adjective

earmheort

1. faint-hearted
2. merciful

Declension

Declension of earmheort — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	earmheort	earmheort	earmheort
Accusative	earmheortne	earmheorte	earmheort
Genitive	earmheortes	earmheortre	earmheortes
Dative	earmheortum	earmheortre	earmheortum
Instrumental	earmheorte	earmheortre	earmheorte
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	earmheorte	earmheorta, earmheorte	earmheort
Accusative	earmheorte	earmheorta, earmheorte	earmheort
Genitive	earmheortra	earmheortra	earmheortra
Dative	earmheortum	earmheortum	earmheortum
Instrumental	earmheortum	earmheortum	earmheortum

Declension of earmheort — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	earmheorta	earmheorte	earmheorte
Accusative	earmheortan	earmheortan	earmheorte
Genitive	earmheortan	earmheortan	earmheortan
Dative	earmheortan	earmheortan	earmheortan
Instrumental	earmheortan	earmheortan	earmheortan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	earmheortan	earmheortan	earmheortan
Accusative	earmheortan	earmheortan	earmheortan
Genitive	earmheortra, earmheortena	earmheortra, earmheortena	earmheortra, earmheortena
Dative	earmheortum	earmheortum	earmheortum
Instrumental	earmheortum	earmheortum	earmheortum

Descendants

• Middle English: armheorted

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “earmheort”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.