earmheort
Old English
Etymology
From earm + -heort. A calque of Latin misericors, according to some scholars possibly under the influence of Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍃 (armahairts).
Adjective
earmheort
- faint-hearted
- merciful
Declension
Declension of earmheort — 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 — 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