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)

1. heart-blood, lifeblood
   • 1385, Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde‎^[1], 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)

2. (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.