Heardung

Old English Dictionary Entry

Heardung

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e ; Related words: á-heardung. heardung

Definitions

1 heardung

f. A hardening, a being or becoming hard : -- Heardung þǽre lifre butan gefélnesse and bútan sáre, Lch. ii. 198, 13. Be þǽre lifre heardunge, 160, 21. [Cf. O. H. Ger. hartunga exercitatio.]

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛠᚱᛞᚢᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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