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HEARD

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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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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “HEARD.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/18470.

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