earmheort

Old English

Etymology

From earm +β€Ž -heort. A calque of Latin misericors, according to some scholars possibly under the influence of Gothic πŒ°π‚πŒΌπŒ°πŒ·πŒ°πŒΉπ‚π„πƒ (armahairts).

Adjective

earmheort

  1. faint-hearted
  2. merciful

Declension
Declension of earmheort β€” 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 β€” 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

References
  • earmheort in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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