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Partying, a torment of longing Sweet reunions set the heart alight
Falling in love is thrilling yet scary
As the hart lifts to new heights.
— Rachel Quinn
Follow me on Twitter or LinkedIn.
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Kate Matthams, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
What is the meaning of the white hart in House of the Dragon?
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Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 8 Sep. 2022
The hunt that's prepared for Aegon's second name day is a sham; after much talk about the king slaying a white hart — the king of the kingswood — his soldiers are unable to find the beast.
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 5 Sep. 2022
One side of the exterior (featuring the royal arms of France and England) suffers from water damage; the other pictures a white hart with crown and chains, the king’s personal emblem, sitting on rosemary branches.
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Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2020
Each wears a badge: the hart that is the king’s personal symbol—hardly an ecclesiastical motif.
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Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2020
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English hert, going back to Old English heorot, heort "hart, stag," going back to Germanic *heruta- "horned animal" (whence also Old Saxon hirut "stag," Old High German hiruz, hirz "deer, red deer, stag," Old Norse hjǫrtr), from *her- "horn" (going back to Indo-European *ḱer-) + *-uta-, suffix of animal names — more at horn
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of hart was
before the 12th century
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“Hart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hart. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.
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Hart
2 of 6biographical name (2)
Lorenz 1895–1943 American lyricist
Hart
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Moss 1904–1961 American librettist and dramatist
Hart
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Oliver 1948– American (British-born) economist
Hart
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Sir Robert 1835–1911 British diplomat
Hart
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William S(urrey) 1872–1946 American actor
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