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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1583
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Hardines, Hardynes, n. [ME. hardi-, hardynesse (1297).] Boldness, courage, etc. = Hardiment n.In early verse much less frequent than Hardiment, but very common in Hay, often as a rendering of F. hardiesse.(1) 1375 Barb. i. 448.
Men that … assayit full gret hardynes, Or thai mycht cum till thar entent a1400 Legends of the Saints iii. 415.
[Thou] for thi hardynes na pane Dredis ?1438 Alex. ii. 1191.
Thy hardynes hes made me red ?1438 Ib. 9245.
The gude … Eschewit thare thair hardynes 1456 Hay I. 58/5.
He set on thame smertly with sik hardynes and ferstee 1456 Ib. II. 51/25.
As knychtis … ar honourde … for hardynesse, noble curage [etc.] c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace x. 1086.
He durst nocht weill in playn schaw him kyndnes, Quhill on a day he tuk sum hardines 1490 Irland Mir. fol. 240.
In thar face … apperis sonest the hardines & tymidite … of the persoune c1500-c1512 Dunb. xlvi. 99.
Blind ignorance me gaif sic hardines, To argone sa agane the varite c1536 Lynd. Compl. Bagsche 42.
Quhen to the King the cace wes knawin, Of my vnhappy hardines 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 2215.
Curage provokis hardynes(2) ? 1548 Corr. M. Lorraine 240.
Aperdon my hardines in my familiar wreittyng 1581 Cath. Tr. 95/4.
Your Maiesteis princelie … nature … causis me tak the hardines to present my maist humbill requeist 1583 Wemyss Corr. 98.
I haue takin the hardines to present thir feu lynis to your maisterschip
