hærfest

Old English

Etymology

Apparently borrowed into West Saxon from Mercian; the expected West Saxon form would be *hierfest. From Proto-West Germanic *harbist. A North Germanic variant *harbustaz was the source of Old Norse haust (Swedish höst, Icelandic haust).

Cognates:
Cognate with Old Frisian herfst (West Frisian hjerst), Old Saxon hervist (Low German harvst), Dutch herfst, Old High German herbist (German Herbst). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit”), Latin carpō (“pick, pluck”), Middle Irish corrán (“sickle”), Lithuanian kirpti (“cut”), Old Church Slavonic чрьпати (črĭpati) (Russian серп (serp, “sickle”)).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈxær.fest/, [ˈhærˠ.vest]

Noun

hærfest m

  1. harvest
  2. autumn, fall

Declension
Declension of hærfest (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative hærfest hærfestas
accusative hærfest hærfestas
genitive hærfestes hærfesta
dative hærfeste hærfestum

Derived terms

Descendants

See also
Seasons in Old English · tīde (layout · text) · category
lencten (“spring”) sumor (“summer”) hærfest (“autumn”) winter (“winter”)
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