hierdan

== Old English == === Alternative forms === herdan, hyrdan, hirdan === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *hardijan, from Proto-Germanic *hardijaną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxi͜yr.dɑn/, [ˈhi͜yrˠ.dɑn] === Verb === hierdan (transitive) to make hard (transitive) to make strong or tight (transitive) to make bold, embolden, or encourage ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== heardian ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: herden, harden (merged with descendant of Old English heardian) English: hard (obsolete) === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “hierdan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[1], second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.