HJARTA

heart

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(pl. hjörtu, gen. hjartna), n.

1) heart;

2) mind, feeling.

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n., gen. pl. hjartna, [Goth. hairto; A. S. heorte; Engl. heart; Hel. herta; O. H. G. herza; Germ. herz; Dan. hjerte; Swed. hjerta; Gr. καρδία; Lat. cor, cord-is]:—the heart, Fbr. 137, Nj. 95, passim.

II. metaph., gott hjarta, góð hjörtu, með bezt hjarta, ört h., snart h., dyggt h., frækit h., a bold, stout, true heart, Lex. Poët.; glatt h., a glad heart, Em. 1; milt h., a mild heart, id.; hrætt h., a timid heart, Sól.; sárt h., a sore heart; blóðugt h., a bloody or bleeding heart, Hm. 36; viðkvæmt h., a tender heart: denoting courage, Þórr á afl ærit en ekki hjarta, Hbl. 26; h. ok hugr, heart and courage, Ísl. ii. (in a verse):—phrases, hjarta ór leiri, to have a heart of clay, be a coward, Kormak, referring to the tale in Edda 57, 58; or merar-hjarta, the heart of a mare; hjarta drepr stall, the heart beats (see drepa A. 4) or sinks, rudely expressed in Sturl. ii. 42 (in the verse); hjartað berst, beats; but the subst. is hjart-sláttr, q. v.

2. the heart, mind, feeling; snotrs manns hjarta verðr sjaldan glatt, a wise man’s heart is seldom glad, Hm. 54; hugr einn þat veit hvat býr hjarta nær, einn er hann sér um sefa, 94 (cp. 1 Cor. ii. 11): allit., hold ok hjarta, flesh and heart, body and soul, i. e. all, hold ok h. var mér in horska mær, Hm. 95; hugr ok h., soul and heart, Pass. 43. 5; also, minni og h., mind (memory) and heart, 8. 12; h. og hugskot, heart and mind: phrases, af öllu h., with all one’s heart; unna e-m (elska e-n) af öllu hjarta, Lv. 37, Mar.; eg heft ekki hjarta til e-s, I have no heart for it: the gen. as adverb, hjartans feginn, heartily glad, Pass. 4. 15; h. glaðr, göra e-ð í hjartans grannleysi, in the simpleness of heart; hjartans harðúð, hardness of heart.

3. in addressing, hjartað, hjartað gott, sweet heart! dear love!

4. mythol., Hrungnis hjarta, the stone heart, of the giant Hrungnir: the name of a magical character, perh. = Germ. Druiden fuss, see Edda 58: sea pebbles are called the heart of the sea, Ýt.

B. COMPDS: hjartablauðr, hjartablóð, hjartadauðr, hjartafriðr, hjartagóðr, hjartagróinn, hjartahreinn, hjartaprúðr, hjartaprýði, hjartaragr, hjartarætr, hjartataugar.