hearth en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- [ˈhɑːθ] (Received-Pronunciation)
- [ˈhɑɹθ] (General-American)
- /ˈhɜɹθ/
- (US) audio
- /ˈhɑɹθ/ (General-American)
- /ˈhɑːθ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈhæθ/
Etymology
From Middle English herth, herthe, from Old English heorþ, from Proto-West Germanic *herþ, from Proto-Germanic *herþaz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃- (“heat; fire”). Cognate with West Frisian hurd, Dutch haard, German Herd, Swedish härd. First attested in the Old English period. The modern spelling is from an Middle English/Early Modern English /hɛːrθ/, from earlier /heːrθ/, levelled from inflected forms with /rð/ where the vowel would have been lengthened. The reflex of this pronunciation was preserved in obsolete dialectal /ˈhɜɹθ/.
Meanings
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The place in a home where a fire is or was traditionally kept for home heating and for cooking, usually constituted by at least a hearthstone and often enclosed to varying degrees by any combination of reredos, fireplace, oven, smoke hood, or chimney.
For by the hearth the children sit Cold in that atmosphere of Death, And scarce endure to draw the breath, Or like to noiseless phantoms flit: […]
1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XX”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 33:
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A hearthstone, either as standalone or as the floor of an enclosed fireplace or oven.
When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped ; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs kneeling on the hearth and heaping kindling on the coals, and her pretty little Alsatian maid beside her, laying a log across the andirons.
1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter III, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:cooking on an open hearth
- A fireplace: an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire may be built.
- The lowest part of a metallurgical furnace.
- A brazier, chafing dish, or firebox.
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(figuratively) Home or family life.
To put it simply, he seems to me to be starting out to harm the city, from its very hearth, by setting out to wrong you.
2010, Plato, “Euthyphro”, in Christopher Rowe, transl., The Last Days of Socrates, Penguin Books Ltd., →ISBN, line 3a:
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(Germanic) A household or group in some forms of the modern pagan faith Heathenry.
Smaller localized groups known as 'hearths' meet regularly, and are comparable, in size and function, with a Wiccan 'Coven' or Druidic 'Grove'.
2003 December 8, Robert J. Wallis, Shamans/neo-Shamans: Ecstasy, Alternative Archaeologies, and Contemporary Pagans, page 102:Neopagan groups take many forms, from Wiccan covens to Druid groves, from Heathen hearths to magical lodges[…]
2004 March 1, Peter Clarke, editor, Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements, Routledge, page 768:Asatru is practised all over Northern Europe and also in North America. Like Druidry, it is organized into bodies with sub-groups, the hearths.
1996, Vivianne Crowley, Thorsons principles of paganism, page 50:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hearths | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
hearth and home · hearth goddess · hearth board · open hearth · hearth tax · hearth-penny · hearthflame · hearthlike · hearthstone · forehearth · open-hearth · hearthward · hearthrug · multihearth · Scotch hearth · hearthless · hearthside · hearthful · hearthplace · ore hearth · hearthstead · hearthwards · rivet hearth
Translations (124)
cmn 爐床 /炉床 (floor of fireplace) · ko 부뚜막 (floor of fireplace) · es plaza (floor of fireplace) · ar كانون (floor of fireplace) · da arne (floor of fireplace) · nl haard (floor of fireplace) · nrf fouoyi (home or family life) · kw oles (floor of fireplace) · pl ognisko domowe (home or family life) · eu supazter (floor of fireplace) · ru ле́щадь (part of furnace) · de Herdstelle (home or family life) · la focus (home or family life) · de Feuerstelle (part of furnace) · eo fajrujo (floor of fireplace) · hu tűzhely (floor of fireplace) · gl lareira (floor of fireplace) · hy օջախ (home or family life) · mr आगटी (floor of fireplace) · fa گلخن (floor of fireplace) · cs domácí krb (home or family life) · ga tinteán (floor of fireplace) · ast llar (home or family life) · ru поди́на (part of furnace) · fr foyers (home or family life) · af vuurherd (floor of fireplace) · ga teallach (floor of fireplace) · ang heorþ (floor of fireplace) · txb śoliye (floor of fireplace) · vi nền lò (floor of fireplace) · fo eldstaður (floor of fireplace) · gl lar (home or family life) · uk во́гнище (floor of fireplace) · rup vatrã (floor of fireplace) · he קמין (part of furnace) · cs ohniště (floor of fireplace) · ru печу́рка (floor of fireplace) · no herd (floor of fireplace) · cs výheň (part of furnace) · it letto della fornace (part of furnace) · pt lar (home or family life) · ro vatră (floor of fireplace) · cmn 爐邊 /炉边 (floor of fireplace) · fa اجاق (floor of fireplace) · bg огнище (floor of fireplace) · ru дно (part of furnace) · fi pesä (part of furnace) · fr foyer (home or family life) · de Grund (floor of fireplace) · vec fogołaro (floor of fireplace) · el τζάκι (floor of fireplace) · ru под (floor of fireplace) · sq vatër (floor of fireplace) · ca llar de foc (floor of fireplace) · de Herd (home or family life) · es crisol (part of furnace) · mr शेकोटी (floor of fireplace) · cy aelwyd (floor of fireplace) · he אח (part of furnace) · es patria (home or family life) · fur fogolâr (floor of fireplace) · ru под (part of furnace) · cs rodinný krb (home or family life) · fi kotiliesi (home or family life) · de Herdboden (floor of fireplace) · da pejs (floor of fireplace) · ko 난로 (floor of fireplace) · da ildsted (floor of fireplace) · lt namų židinys (home or family life) · it focolare (floor of fireplace) · dsb wognišćo (floor of fireplace) · zza adırgan (diq) (floor of fireplace) · ja 囲炉裏 (floor of fireplace) · he אח (floor of fireplace) · lt židinys (floor of fireplace) · ast fogar (floor of fireplace) · ca llar (home or family life) · pt lar (floor of fireplace) · ast llar (floor of fireplace) · id perapian (floor of fireplace) · be ача́г (floor of fireplace) · de Kochstelle (home or family life) · de Gestell n in einem Hochofen (part of furnace) · fi arina (floor of fireplace) · br oaled (floor of fireplace) · gl fogar (home or family life) · it focolare (part of furnace) · de Kaminboden (floor of fireplace) · pt fogo (home or family life) · fr âtre (floor of fireplace) · ru дома́шний оча́г (home or family life) · de Feuerstelle (floor of fireplace) · hy օջախ (floor of fireplace) · alt очок (floor of fireplace) · ru оча́г (floor of fireplace) · de Feuerstelle (home or family life) · sh ognjište (floor of fireplace) · nrf fouoyi (floor of fireplace) · pl palenisko (floor of fireplace) · fi tulipesän pohja (floor of fireplace) · tr ocak (home or family life) · be гарно́ (floor of fireplace) · ka კერა (floor of fireplace) · grc ἐσχάρα (floor of fireplace) · ca foc a terra (floor of fireplace) · rup veatrã (floor of fireplace) · sw meko (floor of fireplace) · ru семе́йный оча́г (home or family life) · mr भट्टीतळ (floor of fireplace) · ca llar (floor of fireplace) · la focus (floor of fireplace) · es solera (floor of fireplace) · tr ocak (floor of fireplace) · mk дно (part of furnace) · sv härd (home or family life) · sv härd (floor of fireplace) · ne भट्टा (floor of fireplace) · nrn årn (floor of fireplace) · pt lareira (floor of fireplace) · yi הערד (floor of fireplace) · sv härd (part of furnace) · es hornera (floor of fireplace) · fr foyer (floor of fireplace) · gl lar (floor of fireplace)