heardnes

Old English

Etymology

From heard (“hard”) +‎ -nes

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxæ͜ɑrd.nes/, [ˈhæ͜ɑrˠd.nes]

Noun

heardnes f

1. hardness
2. callosity
3. obduracy
4. strictness
5. severity
6. austerity

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	heardnes	heardnessa, heardnesse
accusative	heardnesse	heardnessa, heardnesse
genitive	heardnesse	heardnessa
dative	heardnesse	heardnessum

Descendants

• Middle English: hardnesse
  • English: hardness

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “heardness”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.