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HEARD

  • adjective
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Grammar
HEARD, hard; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §7; §49; §66; §168; §218; §278; §299; §325; §426; §439; §620;
HARD, harsh, austere, severe, rigorous, stern, stubborn, firm, hardy, brave
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  • Hond and heard sweord

    the hand and the hard blade,

      Beo. Th. 5011; B. 2509.
  • Ic wát ðæt ðú eart heard mann

    scio quia homo durus es,

      Mt. Kmbl. 25, 24.
  • Heard is ðeós sprǽc

    this is an hard saying;

    durus est hic sermo,
      Jn. Skt. 6, 60.
  • Heó wæs ǽror ðam cynge hire suna swíðe heard

    she had been before very hard to the king her son,

      Chr.1043; Erl. 168, 36: Cd. 103; Th. 136, 20; Gen. 2261.
  • Se mon se ðe nú démeþ ðǽm earmun búton mildheortnesse, ðonne biþ ðam eft heard dóm geteód

    the man who now judges the poor without mercy, on him shall a hard sentence be then passed in requital,

      Blickl. Homl. 95, 36: Cd. 22; Th. 28, 7; Gen. 432.
  • Him nǽnig gewin hér on worlde tó lang ne tó heard þuhte

    no labour here in the world seemed to him too long or too hard,

      Blickl. Homl. 227, 3; Cd. 17; Th. 20, 30; Gen. 317.
  • Hunger se hearda

    severe famine,

      86; Th. 108, 32; Gen. 1815.
  • Ðǽr wæs heard plega wælgára wrixl

    there was hard fighting exchange of deadly darts,

      93; Th. 120, 5; Gen. 1989: Elen. Kmbl. 229; El. 115.
  • Hé wæs ánrǽd heard and hygeróf

    he was resolute, hardy and noble-minded,

      Andr. Kmbl. 465; An. 233: Beo. Th. 689; B. 342.
  • Ðes hearda heáp

    this stout band,

    868:
      B. 432.
  • Wíges heard

    bold in battle,

      1776; B. 886: Exon. 78 b; Th. 295, 27; Crä. 39; Byrht. Th. 135, 38; By. 130: Andr. Kmbl. 1677; An. 841.
  • Hé wæs heardes cynnes

    he was of a brave race,

      Byrht. Th. 139. 39; By. 266.
  • Ðone deópan grund ðæs hátan léges and ðæs heardan léges

    the deep abyss of hot and cruel flame,

      Blick. Homl. 103, 15.
  • Hine ðá gegyrede mid hǽrenum hrægle swíðe heardum and unwinsumum

    he clothed himself with raiment of hair very hard and unpleasant,

      221, 24.
  • Ic hafu gecnáwen on heardum hyge ðæt ðú hǽlend eart middangeardes

    I have acknowledged in my stubborn heart that thou art the saviour of the world,

      Elen. Kmbl. 1614; El. 800.
  • Beóp ðé hungor and þurst hearde gewinnan

    hunger and thirst will be hard adversaries to thee,

      Exon. 36 b; Th. 118, 28; Gú. 246.
  • Ða heardan heortan

    the hard hearts,

      Past. 21, 3; Swt. 154, 2.
  • Ða heardan þrowunga ðe hé ádreág

    the hard sufferings that he endured,

      Blickl. Homl. 97, 15.
  • Ic hine heardan clammum wríðan þohte

    I thought to bind him with hard bonds,

      Beo. Th. 1931; B. 963.
  • Mé þinceþ ðæt ðú wǽre ðám ungelǽredum mannum heardra ðonne hit riht wǽre

    videtur mihi quia durior justo indoctis auditoribus fuisti,

      Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 32.
  • Hige sceal ðé heardra ðé úre mægen lytlaþ

    our courage shall be the stouter as our force lessens,

      Byrht. Th. 140, 62; By. 312.
  • Nó is gefrægn heardran feohtan

    I have never heard of a harder fight,

      Beo. Th. 1157; B. 576.
  • Nǽfre hé ǽr ne siððan heardran hæle fand

    never before or since did he find a stouter warrior,

      1442; B. 719.
  • Se líchoma ðonne on ðone heardestan stenc and on ðone fúlostan biþ gecyrred

    the body then shall be turned to the strongest and foulest stench,

      Blickl. Homl. 59, 12.
  • Ða ðe gecwedene syndon ða heardestan men

    who [the Scythians] are said to be very hardy men,

      Ors. 1, 2; Swt. 30, 3.
Etymology
[Goth. hardus: O. Sax. hard: O. Frs. herd: Icel. harðr: O. H. Ger. hart, harti, hert, herti durus, rigidus, asper, acer: Ger. hart.]
Linked entries
v.  a-heardung heard-mód hnesce.
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  • HEARD, adj.