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Definition of Hertha
1. Noun. The Teutonic goddess of fertility; later identified with Norse Njord.
Definition of Hertha
1. Proper noun. (Germanic female given name) occasionally borrowed from German around 1900. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hertha
Literary usage of Hertha
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports ... 2d Series by International Labour Office, United States Tariff Commission (1915)
"hertha limestone member. — Considerable confusion has existed in previous
correlations of the five lower members of the Kansas City formation. ..."
2. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1860)
"This appearance of hertha was also practised in another form among certain ...
As hertha is the most interesting of German myths, much pains has been taken ..."
3. The Stratigraphy of the Pennsylvania Series in Missouri by Henry Hinds, Frank Cook Greene, David White, Geological Survey (U.S.) (1915)
"hertha limestone member. — Considerable confusion has existed in previous
correlations of the five lower members of the Kansas City formation. ..."
4. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"The earth being the all-nourishing mother, it was naturally believed that hertha
sympathized with mankind, and the myth of the revival of spring gradually ..."
5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1905)
"By Mrs. hertha AYRTON. Communicated by Professor WE AYRTON, FRS Received April
21; received in revised form May 26,—Read June 16, 1904. (Abstract. ..."
6. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1918)
"[From Songs before Sunrise] FROM "hertha" The tree many-rooted That swells to
the sky With ... hertha."
7. Universal Geography: Or a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1829)
"hertha or Erde. no one has ascended since the time of Charles the Twelfth. ...
The goddess hertha or Erde seems to have been the Cybele of the Rugii; ..."
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