Heardian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Heardian

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 heardian

p. ode To be or become hard, to harden :-- Ic heardige dureo and duro, Ælfc. Gr. 35; Som. 38, 6: 37; Som. 39, 26: Herb. 1, 19; Lchdm. i. 76, 18: 2, 11; Lchdm. i. 84, 4. Ðæt wyrmþ and heardaþ ðone magan it warms and hardens the stomach, L. M. 2, 10; Lchdm. ii. 188, 18. Ðonne onginþ sió heardian then the liver begins to harden, 19; Lchdm. ii. 200, 25. heardian

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ᚻᛠᚱᛞᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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