herte blood

Middle English

Alternative forms

hert blode, hert blod, herte blod, heorte blod, herte-blode, herte-blood, hert-blood, harte blood

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhɛrt(ə) bloːd/

Noun

herte blood (uncountable)

heart-blood, lifeblood
- 1385, Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde‎, Book 2, lines 444-445:
  Fro this forth shal I never eten breed
  Til I myn owene herte blood may see;
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(rare) life, livelihood

Descendants

English: heart-blood

References

“herte-blọ̄d, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-04.

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