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hearde

  • adverb
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hearde, adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§553; §555;
Severely, very much, greatly, sorely
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  • Ðá cwæþ se Hǽlend ðæt him hearde þyrste

    then said Jesus that he was sore athirst,

      Homl. Th. ii. 256, 31.
  • Hearde ofsceamode

    sorely ashamed,

      518, 31.
  • Ðæs ðe wé wénaþ and hearde ondrǽdaþ

    according to what we expect and very much fear,

      L. Ælfc. P. 40; Ll. ii. 380, 35.
  • Hine ðæs heardost langode hwanne hé of ðisse worlde móste

    he very earnestly longed for the time when he might leave this world,

      Blickl. Homl. 227, 1: Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 28.
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