heardheaw

Old English

Etymology

By surface analysis, heard (“hard”) +‎ hēawan (“to hew”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxæ͜ɑrdˌxæ͜ɑːw/, [ˈhæ͜ɑrˠdˌhæ͜ɑːw]

Noun

heardhēaw m

1. chisel

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “heard-héaw”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.