heorþ

Middle English

Noun

heorþ

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of herth

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *herþ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xe͜orθ/, [he͜orˠθ]

Noun

heorþ m

1. hearth

Declension

Declension of heorþ (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	heorþ	heorþas
accusative	heorþ	heorþas
genitive	heorþes	heorþa
dative	heorþe	heorþum

Derived terms

• heorþġenēat

Descendants

• Middle English: herth, harthe, heorð, heorþ, herthe, hertþ, herþ
  • English: hearth
  • Scots: harth, hairth