heore

Middle English

Etymology 1

Determiner

heore

1. Alternative form of hire (“her”, genitive)

Pronoun

heore

1. Alternative form of hire (“hers”)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

heore

1. Alternative form of hire (“her”, object)

Etymology 3

Noun

heore

1. Alternative form of here (“army”)

Etymology 4

Determiner

heore

1. (chiefly early and West Midland dialectal) Alternative form of here (“their”)

Etymology 5

From Old English horu, horh.

Noun

heore

1. Alternative form of hore (“muck”)

Old English

Alternative forms

• hīere, hȳre, hīore, hīre, hēre

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *heuraz, *hiurijaz. Compare Old Armenian սէր (sēr, “love”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxe͜oː.re/, [ˈhe͜oː.re]

Adjective

hēore

1. pleasant, secure
2. gentle, mild, pure

Declension

Declension of hēore — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hēore	hēoru, hēoro	hēore
Accusative	hēorne	hēore	hēore
Genitive	hēores	hēorre	hēores
Dative	hēorum	hēorre	hēorum
Instrumental	hēore	hēorre	hēore
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hēore	hēora, hēore	hēoru, hēoro
Accusative	hēore	hēora, hēore	hēoru, hēoro
Genitive	hēorra	hēorra	hēorra
Dative	hēorum	hēorum	hēorum
Instrumental	hēorum	hēorum	hēorum

Declension of hēore — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hēora	hēore	hēore
Accusative	hēoran	hēoran	hēore
Genitive	hēoran	hēoran	hēoran
Dative	hēoran	hēoran	hēoran
Instrumental	hēoran	hēoran	hēoran
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hēoran	hēoran	hēoran
Accusative	hēoran	hēoran	hēoran
Genitive	hēorra, hēorena	hēorra, hēorena	hēorra, hēorena
Dative	hēorum	hēorum	hēorum
Instrumental	hēorum	hēorum	hēorum

Derived terms

• unhēore

Descendants

• Middle English: here, her, hær, harey
  • English: here

References

• John R. Clark Hall (1916) “heore”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan