heard-heort
- adjective
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Heardheort biþ se mann ðe nele þurh lufe óðrum fremigan ðǽr ðǽr hé mæg
that man is hard of heart who will not from love benefit others when he can,
- Homl. Th. i. 252, 19.
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Hwá is swá heardheort ðæt ne mæg wépan swylces ungelimpes
who is so hard of heart that he cannot weep at such misfortunes,
- Chr. 1086; Erl. 219, 40.
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His folc is hardheort
thou art a stiff-necked people,
- Ex. 33, 3, 5: Homl. Th. i. 108, 22: ii. 258, 22.
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Gé sind ealra folca ungeleáfulluste and heardheorteste
ye are of all nations the most unbelieving and most stiff-necked,
- Deut. 9, 6.
Bosworth, Joseph. “heard-heort.” 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/18476.
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