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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hert, n.² [ME. hert (1297), heort, OE. heort, heorot. Cf. Hart n.²] A hart.Early examples are the place-names Hertschaw (c 1320), Hertesheued (1200–2), and Hertysheuid (1359). 14.. Acts I. 386/1.
Hertis all thocht thai be wont to pas to woddis [etc.] 1456 Hay II. 23/14.
To hunt and hauk at hert and hynde 1497 Treas. Acc. I. 361.
To ane cariage to tirs [ane] hert to Edinburgh 1501 Ib. II. 125. c1515 Asl. MS. I. 302/6.
Lambeth … schoting ane arowe at ane hert 1513 Doug. xii. Prol. 178.
Heyrdis of hertis throw the thyck wod schaw 1531 Bell. Boece I. 210.
The Pichtis … drave the hertis apone the nettis with thair hundis

b. Attrib. with hemming, leather, sennon (sinew). See also Hert-horn n. c1420 Wynt. iii. 356.
Wytht sevyn corddys newe layde Off hert cynownys [C. sennonys] noucht all dry Ib. viii. 4420 (C).
Rewelynys Off hidis, of hertys [L. hert] hemmynys 1596 (1650) Dundee B. Laws 131.
Ilk daker hert leather