Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old English heorþ, from Proto-West Germanic *herþ.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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herth

  1. A hearth; a place where a fire is lighted.
  2. A furnace; an oven used for heating in manufacturing.

Descendants

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  • English: hearth
  • Scots: harth, hairth

References

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  1. ^ herth, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 6 March 2019.
  2. ^ 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

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *herþ.

Noun

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herth m

  1. hearth

Declension

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herth (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative herth herthos
accusative herth herthos
genitive herthes herthō
dative herthe herthum
instrumental

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