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 hart cervid ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== 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, heortEnglish: hartScots: hert