heardian

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hardōn, a variant of *hardēn. Equivalent to heard +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxæ͜ɑr.di.ɑn/, [ˈhæ͜ɑrˠ.di.ɑn]

Verb

heardian (West Saxon)

1. to be or become hard; to harden

Conjugation

Conjugation of heardian (weak class 2)

infinitive	heardian	heardienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	heardiġe	heardode
second person singular	heardast	heardodest
third person singular	heardaþ	heardode
plural	heardiaþ	heardodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	heardiġe	heardode
plural	heardiġen	heardoden
imperative
singular	hearda
plural	heardiaþ
participle	present	past
	heardiende	(ġe)heardod

Derived terms

• āheardian
• forheardian
• heardung
• wiþheardian

Descendants

• Middle English: harden (merged with descendant of Old English hierdan)
  • English: hard (obsolete)

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “HEARDIAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.