
ETYMOLOGY
from heart + -some
EXAMPLE
“…And ze defend the cruell Jesabell
Than Baallis Priestis will cal zow verray kynde
Now euerie Dowglas of ane hartsum mynde,
Thinke on dame Margaret sumtyme in the towre,
And of young Charles prudent of Ingyne…”
From: Heir Followis ane Ballat Declaring the Nobill and Gude Inclinatioun of Our King
– Robert Sempill, 1567