HEORÞ
- noun [ masculine ]
Grammar
Wright's OE grammar
§85;
A HEARTH, fire-place; and taking the name of the whole from that of a part, a house
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Heorþ
foculare
,- Ælfc. Gl. 30; Som. 61, 73; Wrt. Voc. 27, 2:
arula,
- Wrt. Voc. 63, 76.
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Hí ofslógon hine binnan his ágenan heorþæ
they slew him in his own house,
- Chr. 1048; Erl. 177, 40.
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Hé sceolde bebeódan ðæt hí náman æt ǽlcum heorþe ánes geáres lamb
he was to command them to take a yearling lamb for every house,
- Homl. Th. ii. 262, 27 :
- Chart. Th. 609, 7, 11, 30.
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Of ǽlcum heorþe,
- 27.
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Be ǽlcum frigan heorþe,
- L. Edg. 1. 2; Th. i. 262, 17 :
- L. C. E. 11; Th. i. 366, 29 :
- L. In, 61; Th. i. 140, 14.
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Beþe hwílum ða sáran stówe æt heorþe
warm the sore place at times at the hearth,
- L. M. 2, 59; Lchdm. ii. 280, 26.
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Genim ðæt séleste hunig dó ofer heorþ
take the best honey, put it over the fire,
- 2, 28; Lchdm, ii. 224, 17.
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Be heorþe,
- Lchdm. iii. 122, 21.
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Hweorfaþ æfter heorþe
they pass along the hearth [the floor of the fiery furnace],
- Exon. 55 b; Th. 196, 18; Az. 176.
Etymology
Prompt. Parv. herthe, where fyre ys made ignearium, focarium
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O. Frs. herth, hirth, herd
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O. H. Ger. hert arula
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Ger. herd
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Entry information
Citation
Bosworth, Joseph. “HEORÞ.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/18810.
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