heard

English

Alternative forms

• 'eard, heerd, hoid, yeard, yerd (pronunciation spelling or dialectal)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɜːd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɚd/

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• (Ireland, Appalachia) IPA^(key): /hiːɹd/
• (Early Modern) IPA^(key): /hɛrd/, /hærd/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d
• Homophone: herd

Verb

heard

1. simple past and past participle of hear

Adjective

heard (not comparable)

1. That has been heard or listened to; that has been aurally detected.
   • 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 10:

     [T]he following are some examples of the types of heard information that can be used to distinguish some of the languages in Singapore, namely Malay and Singapore English.

Interjection

heard

1. I understand; gotcha

Anagrams

• Herda, hared, Rhade, Hader, ardeh, rehad, Daher, -hedra

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hard(ī). Compare Old Frisian herd, Old Saxon hard, Old Dutch hart, Old High German hart, Old Norse harðr, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌿𐍃 (hardus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xæ͜ɑrd/, [hæ͜ɑrˠd]

Adjective

heard

1. hard, harsh, austere, severe, rigorous, stern, stubborn, firm, hardy, brave
   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Đā andwyrde Martinus unforht ðām cāsere, "Iċ wille ðurhgān orsorh ðone here, mid rōde tācne ġewǣpnod, nā mid rēadum sċylde, oððe mid hefeġum helme, oððe heardre byrnan." Đa hēt sē hǣðena cyning healdan Martinum, þæt hē wurde āworpen unġewǣpnod ðām here. Þā nolde sē Hǣlend his ðeġen forlǣtan, ac ġesibbode þæt folc sōna þǣs on merien, þæt hī tō þǣs cāseres cyneġyrde ġebugon.

     Then the bold Martinus answered the emperor "I will go fearlessly through the army, armed with a crucifix, not with a red shield, nor with a heavy helmet, nor a hard corselet." So the heathen king ordered that Martinus be held so he could be thrown unarmed into the army. But the Savior would not abandon his servant, and in the morning soon pacified the people so that they submitted to the emperor's scepter.

Declension

Declension of heard — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	heard	heard	heard
Accusative	heardne	hearde	heard
Genitive	heardes	heardre	heardes
Dative	heardum	heardre	heardum
Instrumental	hearde	heardre	hearde
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hearde	hearda, hearde	heard
Accusative	hearde	hearda, hearde	heard
Genitive	heardra	heardra	heardra
Dative	heardum	heardum	heardum
Instrumental	heardum	heardum	heardum

Declension of heard — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hearda	hearde	hearde
Accusative	heardan	heardan	hearde
Genitive	heardan	heardan	heardan
Dative	heardan	heardan	heardan
Instrumental	heardan	heardan	heardan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	heardan	heardan	heardan
Accusative	heardan	heardan	heardan
Genitive	heardra, heardena	heardra, heardena	heardra, heardena
Dative	heardum	heardum	heardum
Instrumental	heardum	heardum	heardum

Derived terms

• fyrheard (“tempered, fire-hardened”)
• heardcwide (“harsh language”)
• hearde (“severely”)
• heardecg (“hard of edge”)
• heardfyrde (“difficult to carry”)
• heardhēaw (“a chisel”)
• heardheort (“hard-hearted”)
• heardheortness (“hard-heartedness”)
• heardhicgende (“bold in purpose”)
• heardian (“to harden”)
• hearding (“a hero”)
• heardlīċ (“severe”)
• heardlīċe (“hardly”)
• heardlīcness (“hardness”)
• heardmōd (“brave”)
• heardmōdness (“hardness of heart”)
• heardneb (“hard-beak”)
• heardnes (“hardness”)
• heardrǣd (“steadfast”)
• heardsǣliġ (“unfortunate”)
• heardsǣlness (“misfortune”)
• heardsǣlþ (“a hard fate”)
• heardwendlīċe (“severely”)

Derived terms

• hearde

Descendants

• Middle English: hard
  • English: hard
    • → Finnish: haarti
    • → Spanish: hard
  • Scots: hard, haird