enhardir (c.1136-65)
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enhardir (c.1136-65)

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[ FEW: 16,156a *hardjan; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 9,469a enhardir; TL: 3,421 enhardir; DEAF: H193 hardi 1 (enhardir) /H193 hardi 1 (ahardier); DMF:  ahardier / enhardir; TLF:  enhardir; OED:  enhard v.; MED:  enharden v.; DMLBS: ∅ ]
ahardier;  enardir,  enherdir  

v.a.

1to embolden: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Paien se furent reverti, Si out li uns l'aitre enhardi  7786
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiim )  Par itant sunt li fel de l’aler enhardiz  (O) 4674
♦to fill with confidence: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Deus lor dirat el dotos jor: ‘Entrez el joie vostre Seignor.’ Molt les deit ben enheldir (l. enherdir?) de si bone novele oir  8657
( MS: s.xii/xiii )  annuentur: seient enardiz  ii 88.69
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  Quibus exeuntibus ut me[l]ius animentur (gloss: (D) que il sey[n]t ahardiés) (var. (L: s.xiii/xiv) seint ardis) concinant tube, tibie et litui [...]  i 184.69 and ii 71.69

v.refl.

1to become emboldened: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  tant s’enherdit Que totes les lampes emplit De la clere aeve  1807

p.p._as_a.

1courageous: 
( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 )  Eigle soium e il mallard, E enhardi e eus cuard  17864
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