herth
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Old English heorþ, from Proto-West Germanic *herþ.[1]
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /hɛrθ/
- IPA(key): /heːrθ/, /hɛːrθ/ (from the plural *herthes with lengthening before /rð/)[2]
Noun
editherth
Descendants
editReferences
edit- ^ “herth, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ Dobson, E[ric] J. (1957), English pronunciation 1500-1700[1], second edition, volume II: Phonology, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1968, →OCLC, § 430, page 997: “Or hearth may itself have had ME ẹ̄ < OE ēo by lengthening of ĕo before [rð] in oblique cases.”
Old Saxon
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *herþ.
Noun
editherth m
Declension
edit| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | herth | herthos |
| accusative | herth | herthos |
| genitive | herthes | herthō |
| dative | herthe | herthum |
| instrumental | — | — |
Descendants
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- enm:Fire
- Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
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- Old Saxon lemmas
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- osx:Fire
- Old Saxon a-stem nouns