heorot

Old English

Alternative forms

heorut, heort

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *herut, from Proto-Germanic *herutaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kerud- (Ancient Greek κόρυδος (kórudos, “crested lark”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (Latin cervus (“horn”)). Germanic cognates include Old Saxon hirot, Old High German hiruz, and Old Norse hjǫrtr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxe͜o.rot/, [ˈhe͜o.rot]

Noun

heorot m

deer
stag

Declension

Declension of heorot (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	heorot	heorotas
accusative	heorot	heorotas
genitive	heorotes	heorota
dative	heorote	heorotum

Hyponyms

bucc (“buck”)
dā (“doe”)
eolh (“elk”)
hind (“hind”)
hindċealf (“fawn”)
hrān (“reindeer”)

Derived terms

Heorot (the great mead hall described in Beowulf)
Heorotford

Descendants

Middle English: hert, harte, hartt, heert, heort
- English: hart
- Scots: hert

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