† forhardv.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To harden.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > make hard [verb (transitive)]
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a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3338 For it [sc. the manna] malt at ðe sunne-sine, Oc oðer fir for-hadede hine.
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