heardnes

== Old English == === Etymology === From heard (“hard”) +‎ -nes === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxæ͜ɑrd.nes/, [ˈhæ͜ɑrˠd.nes] === Noun === heardnes f hardness callosity obduracy strictness severity austerity ==== Declension ==== Strong ō-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: hardnesseEnglish: hardness === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “heardness”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.