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§5; §49; §85; §169; §196; §205; §231; §288; §325; §404;
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the heart as organ of an animal's body
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  • Gif þín heorte ace

    ad cardiacos,

    • Lch. iii. 42, l.

  • Þǽre heortan þá líflican

    cordis uitalia, t.

    • lxxiv, 26.

  • Bán bið funden on heortes heortan,

    • Lch. i. 338, 6
      • .

  • Gyf hwá onbútan his heortan oþþe on his breóstum sár þolie,

    • 206. 18
      • :
    • Gú. 1116

  • Nim his

    (a badger's)

    lifre . . . and þá heortan æt þínum burhgeatum behele,

    • Lch. i. 328, 24
      • .
the heart as seat of life
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  • Mé is heorte and flǽsc hearde geteórad,

    • Ps. Th. 72, 21
      • .

  • Deáðes wylm hrán æt heortan,

    • 5. 2270
      • :
    • Gen 724
      • .

  • Þé tó heorian grípeð ádl unlíðe,

    • 936.

  • Bídan hwonne of heortan hunger oððe wulf sáwle and sorge somed ábregde,

    • 2276.

  • Ic

    (the baker)

    heortan mannes gestrangie,

    • Coll. M. 28, 35
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 103, 15
      • .

  • Heáfodiswíma heortan clypte,

    • Gen. 1569
      • .

  • Heora heortan onfóð mægene (leofað heorte heara, Ps. Srt.) and libbað á worlda world

    vivet eor eorum in seculum seculi,

    • Ps Th. 21, 25
      • .
the region of the heart, breast, bosom
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  • Sum heó hire on handum bær, sum hire æt heortan læg,

    • Gen. 636
      • .
the heart as seat of feeling, will, intellect, mind
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  • Hwæt getácniað ðá heán hwammas búton unclǽnu and twiefeald mód? For ðǽm ǽlc wág bið gebiéged twiefeald on ðǽm heale. Suá bið ðæs monnes heorte,

    • Past. 245, 14
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 77, 36
      • :
    • 56, 9
      • .

  • Hwæt is se ealdordoom bú an ðæs módes storm, sé simle bið cnyssende dæt scip ðǽre heortan mid ðára geóóhta ýstum,

    • Past. 59, 5
      • .

  • Gé tǽlde hyra heortan (heartes, L.) heard-nesse, for ðám ðe hí ne gelýfdon,

    • Mk. 16, 14
      • .

  • Heortan cræftas,

    • Dan. 394
      • .

  • Þæt hié weorðeden móde and mægene þone mǽran dæg heortan gehigdum,

    • El. 1224
      • :
    • Crl. 747
      • .

  • Mínre heortan hyge,

    • Ps. Th. 72, 17
      • :
    • 85, 13
      • :
    • 118, 69.

  • His módor geheóld ealle þás word on hyre heortan (hearta, L., heorte, R.) smeágende,

    • Lk. 2, 51
      • .

  • Hálig in heortan,

    • Gú. 554.

  • Se deófol sǽwð mánfullice geþóhtas intó þæs mannes heortan,

    • Angl. vii. 28, 263,

  • Þám þe mid heortan hycgeað rihte

    his qui recto sunt corde,

    • Ps. Th. 72, I
      • :
    • Dan. 491
      • :
    • 598
      • .

  • Fór se deófol on Iúdas heortan ꝥ hé hine belǽwde,

    • Jn. 13, 2
      • :
    • Hy. 7, 79
      • :
    • Dan. 570
      • .

  • Hí berað on breóstum heortan clǽne,

    • Gú. 771
      • .

  • Eall geþanc manna heortena wæs gewend on yfel,

    • Gen. 6, 5
      • .

  • Ic hí lifian hét lustum heortena

    (secundum desideria cordis eorum)

    • Ps. Th. 80, 12.
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  • Wé sceolon gleáwlíce þurhseón ússe hreðercofan heortan eágum,

    • Cri. 1329
      • .

  • Anhyld þínre heortan eáre,

    • R. Ben. I. 3
      • .
the seat of one's inmost thoughts, one's inmost being, soul
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  • Of þǽre heortan willan se muð spicð,

    • Mt. 12, 34
      • .

  • Opene weorðað monna dǽde, ne magon weras heortan geþóhtas fore waldende bemíðan,

    • Cri. 1048
      • :
    • 1056
      • :
    • 1039
      • .

  • Bedeáglian hwæt hé dearninga on hyge hogde heortan geþoncum,

    • Gú. 1227
      • .

  • His heortan diégemesse hit geopenað, and þæs óðres heortan belocene hit þurhfærþ,

    • Bt. 13
      • ;
    • F. 38, 26
      • .

  • Ná swilce God nyte ǽlces mannes heortan,

    • Angl. vii. 50, 496
      • .
intent, will, desire, inclination:
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  • Adame his hyge hwyrfde and his heorte ongann wendan tó hire willan,

    • Gen. 716
      • .

  • Selle ðé Dryhten efter heortan ðínre (cf. ðínum willan,

    • Ps. Th.
      • ),
    • Ps. Srt. 19, 5
      • .

  • Utan ealle ánmódre heortan georne úrum Drihtne cwéman,

    • Ll. Th. i. 424, 14.

  • Eallum þám þe his líchoman mid éstfulre heortan séceað,

    • Chr. 1023
      • ;
    • P. 156, 25
      • .
disposition, temperament, character
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  • Ðwerre heortan

    (qui) peruersi cordis (est),

    • Kent Gl. 612
      • .

  • For eówer heortan heardnesse hé eów wrát þis bebod,

    • Mk 10, 5.

  • Ic eom bilwite and eádmód on heortan,

    • Mt. ii. 29
      • .

  • Oferhýdegum eágum, unsædre heortan, nolde ic mid þǽm men mínne mete ðicgean

    superbo oculo et insatiabili corde, cum hoc simul non edebam,

    • Ps. Th. 100, 5
      • .

  • Hé hæfde heortan unhneáweste hringa gedáles,

    • Vid. 73
      • .

  • Sumum hé syleð monna milde heortan,

    • Crä. 108
      • :
    • Alm. 2
      • .
the seat of the emotions generally
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  • Him mæg beón þe glædre his heorte,

    • Angl. viii. 317, 39
      • .

  • Heorte mín áhlyhheð,

    • Ps. Th. 85, ii.

  • Ys mé on hreðre heorte gedréfed,

    • 54, 4
      • :
    • 68, 21
      • :
    • 101, 4
      • .

  • Heorte ys onhǽted,

    • Jud. 87
      • .

  • Þá þióstro þínre heorian (þínre gedréfednesse,

    • Bt. 6
      • ;
    • F. 14, 30
      • )

    willað mínre leóhtan láre wiðstondan,

    • Met. 5, 21
      • .

  • Hé heortan sorge wæg,

    • B. 2463.

  • God mæg gehǽlan hygesorge heortan mínre,

    • Cri. 174
      • :
    • GB. 1178
      • .

  • Hé geblissað on his heortan,

    • Ex. 4, 14
      • .

  • Búte him ǽr cume hreáw tó heortan,

    • Met. 18, II

  • Wǽron heaðowylmas heortan getenge,

    • Exod. 148
      • :
    • Dan. 629
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 101, 4
      • .

  • Him wæs leóht sefa heortan néh,

    • An. 1254
      • .

  • Hit wyrs ne mæg on þínum hyge hreówan þonne hit mé æt heortan déð,

    • Gen. 826
      • .

  • Þæt wæs torn were hefig æt heortan,

    • 980
      • :
    • Cri. 500
      • :
    • 1494
      • .

  • Is mín mód gehǽled, hyge ymb heortan gerúme,

    • Gen. 759
      • :
    • 354
      • .

  • He hafað wérige heortan, se. 'an sorhfulne,

    • Sal. 377
      • .
the seat of love or
affection
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  • Þǽr þín goldhord is, þǽr is þín heorte (hearta, L., eorta, R.),

    • Mt. 6, 21
      • .

  • Utan God lufian innewerdre heortan,

    • Ll. Th. i. 350, 9
      • .

  • Heó cwæð ꝥ heó hine ne nánne habban wolde mid líchoman (lichom-licre, v. l. licre is written above an) heortan

    (with camal affection ?),

    • Chr. 1067
      • ;
    • P. 201, 19
      • .
the seat of courage
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  • Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cénre, mód sceal þe máre be úre mægen lytlað,

    • By. 312
      • :
    • B. 2561
      • .

  • Getrymed is heorte his,

    • Ps. Srt. III, 8
      • .

  • Heard heortan geþóht habban,

    • Kl. 43
      • .

  • Hé sent on eów forhte heortan,

    • Deut. 28, 65
      • .

  • Herd hige þínne, heortan staðola,

    • An. 1215
      • .

  • Heardrǽdne hyge, heortan strange,

    • Gen. 2348
      • .

  • Hí beóð heortum þý hwærran,

    • Rä. 27, 20
      • .
the seat of the intellectual faculties
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  • Eálá dysegan and on heortan læte,

    • Lk. 24, 25
      • .

  • Hé áblende hyra eágan and áhyrde hyra heortan, ꝥ hí ne geseón mid hyra eágon and mid hyra heortan ne ongyton,

    • Jn. 12, 40
      • .

  • Drihten eów ne sealde undergitende heortan,

    • Deut. 29, 4
      • .
the central part of anything
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  • Byð mannes sunu on eorðan heortan þrý dagas and þreó niht,

    • Mt. 12, 40
      • .
in phrases with prepositions.
æt heortan in (one's) inmost thoughts
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  • Heó wuldorcyning herede æt heortan,

    • Jul. 239
      • .
in (on) heortan in (one's) inmost thoughts
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  • Gyf se yfela þeówa þencð on his heortan and cwyð, 'Mín hlafurd uferað his cyme,'

    • Mt. 24, 48
      • :
    • Leás. 6
      • .

  • Abraham hlóh cweðende on his heortan, 'Wenst þú . . . ',

    • Gen. 17, 17
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 52, l

    (cf. on his móde,

    • 13, l).

  • Hé in breóstum þá gít herede in heortan heofonríces weard,

    • An. 52.

  • Ic herge in heortum (-an?) heofonrlces weard,

    • Go. 583.
on ealre heortan with all (one's) heart:
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  • Ic andete Drihtne on ealre mínre heortan

    (in toto corde meo),

    • Ps. Th. 9, l
      • .
mid . . . heortan with (all) one's heart, with great sincerity or devotion
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  • Þæt wé mid heortan hǽlo sécen,

    • Cri. 752
      • .

  • Fæder and móder freó þú mid heortan,

    • Fä. 9
      • .

  • Hé gebǽrð suá geðyldelíce suelce hé hit hæbbe mid ealre heortan forlǽten,

    • Past. 225, 18
      • .

  • Gelýfst ðú mid ealre heortan ?,

    • Hml. Th. i. 420, 35

  • Ne herede heó hine nó mid wordum ánum, ac mid ealre heortan,

    • Bl. H. 13, 6.

  • Biddað mid inweardre heortan ðysne apostol,

    • Hml. Th. i. 68, 8
      • .

  • Ic þe mid ealre innancundre heortan

    (in toto corde meo)

    séce,

    • Ps. Th. 118, 10
      • .
Cf. the use of the instrumental case:
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  • Inwerdre heortan biddan,

    • Ll. Th. i. 312, 23.
in the phrase in heortan and heortan with duplicity
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  • In heortan and heortan spreocende syndun ðá yflan

    in corde et corde locuti sunt mala,

    • Ps. Srt. II, 3.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “heorte.” 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/52352.

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