hart

Etymology 1

From Middle English hert, from Old English heorot (“stag”), from Proto-Germanic *herutaz (compare Dutch hert, German Hirsch, Danish/Norwegian/Swedish hjort), from Pre-Germanic *kerudos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóru (“horn”). cognates Compare Welsh carw (“deer”), Latin cervus (“deer”), cervīx (“nape of the neck”), Lithuanian kárvė (“cow”), Russian коро́ва (koróva, “cow”), Ancient Greek κόρυδος (kórudos, “crested lark”), κορυφή (koruphḗ, “summit, crown of the head”), κορύπτω (korúptō, “to butt with horns”), Avestan 𐬯𐬭𐬏 (srū), 𐬯𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬁 (sruuā, “horn; claw, talon”), Sanskrit शरभ (śarabhá, “mythical antelope”). More at horn.

noun

1. A male deer, especially the male of the red deer after his fifth year.
   She Huntresse-like the Hart pursues; 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 13 p. 213

Etymology 2

See heart.

noun

1. Obsolete spelling of heart
   For this reliefe much thanks, tis bitter cold, and I am ſick at hart. , scene i