I’m always referring to hearts in my allegorical stories, so I enjoy collecting those kinds of words. Here’s a list of some interesting words related to the heart (many of which came from the English Dialect Dictionary).
Cazzon-hearted – out of heart, dispirited, sick on the subject
Duck-hearted – cowardly
Cordiform – heart-shaped
Cordolium – heartache, sorrow of heart
Hale-hearted – of unbroken spirit
Heart-bun – strongly attached to a place; having a great desire to accomplish something
Heart-ease – to ease the mind
Heart-gone – gone or diseased at the heart or core; fallen in love
Heart-grace – goodness of disposition
Heart’s gree – delight
Heart-grief – severe grief
Heart-grown – strongly attached to a person or thing; set upon anything
Heart-heezer – a comfort, that which cheers the heart
Heart-heezing – heart-cheering
Heart-hod – affection, hold upon the feelings
Heart-hungered- starved
Heart-kittling – affecting
Heart-quake – trembling of the heart
Heart-rovven – having the feelings lacerated
Heart-scald – heartburn; great grief, disappointment, trouble
Heart-scalded – troubled, tormented, afflicted
Heart-slain – exhausted by over-exertion; heartbroken
Heart-spoon – the pit of the stomach
Heart-stangs – mental excruciations
Heart-sunk – desponding, depressed
Heart-thirled – bound by the affections
Heart-warm – of a kindly disposition; affectionate
Heart-well – in good general health and spirits
Heart-hale – in good health and spirits
Heart-work – sincerity, the work of the heart morally
Hearten – to cheer, comfort, encourage, strength
Heartful – in high spirits, cheery; sorrowful, sad-hearted
Heartsome – merry, cheerful, lively; pleasant, attractive
Heartsomeness – cheerfulness
Hen-hearted – cowardly
Kecken-hearted – squeamish; loathing the sight of food; faint-hearted
Leal-hearted – true-hearted, faithful
Milk-hearted – poor-spirited
Moke-hearted – timid, cowardly
Out-of-heart – down-hearted, dispirited
Sore-hearted – sad at heart
Verticordious – that which turns the heart from evil
Wasteheart – woe