- heortece
- m (-es/-as) heartache
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
heortece
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Heartache — Heart ache ( [=a]k ), n. [Cf. AS. heortece.] Sorrow; anguish of mind; mental pang. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
heartache — O.E. heortece, in the sense of a physical pain; c.1600 in sense of anguish of mind; from HEART (Cf. heart) + ACHE (Cf. ache). O.E. did, however, have heartsarnes grief, lit. heart soreness … Etymology dictionary
heartache — [härt′āk΄] n. [OE heortece: see HEART & ACHE] sorrow or grief; mental anguish … English World dictionary
