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Ge-hirdan

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1 ge-hirdan

p. de. I. in a physical sense, to harden, temper metal :-- Hē (the goldsmith) gehyrded and gehyrsted wel, Vy. 74. Gesmyrede and gehyrde lita (cf. ātre gemǣled lita (veneno spicula), 96, 69, and see āhyrded, B. 1460), Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 49. II. in a moral sense, (1) to inspire with fortitude, strengthen, confirm :-- Se gefeá dāra heofon-licena gōda hī gehierde (roborat) wid dǣm brocum, Past. 393, 35. (2) to harden, make obdurate :-- Drihten hig gehyrde Domini sententia fuerat ut indurarentur corda eorum, Jos. II. 20. [Goth. ga-bardjan: O. H. Ger. ge-harten obfirmare,] ge-hirdan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚻᛁᚱᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ger.
German
O. H. Ger.
Old High German

Works & Authors

Past.
Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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