herth

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɛrθ/
  • IPA(key): /heːrθ/, /hɛːrθ/ (from the plural *herthes with lengthening before /rð/)[2]

Noun

herth

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

Descendants

  • English: hearth
  • Scots: harth, hairth

References

  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.”
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