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) to be or become hard; to harden ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== āheardian forheardian heardung wiþheardian ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: harden (merged with descendant of Old English hierdan) English: hard (obsolete) === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “HEARDIAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.