gehierdan

Old English

Alternative forms

ġeherdan — Anglian
ġehirdan, ġehyrdan — Late West Saxon

Etymology

Equivalent to ġe- +‎ hierdan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jeˈxi͜yr.dɑn/, [jeˈhi͜yrˠ.dɑn]

Verb

ġehierdan (West Saxon)

(literal or figurative) to harden, strengthen, temper

Conjugation

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References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ĠEHIRDAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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