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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 510 words | Copyright

hard resisting pressure; difficult to endure, severe; intense, violent OE.; sb. beach or jetty for landing XIX. OE. h(e)ard = OS. (Du.) hard, (O)HG. hart, ON. harðr, Goth. hardus :- Gmc. *χārðuz :- IE. *kratús, whence Gr. kratús strong, powerful.
Hence harden make hard XIII; become hard XV. Hence hardly †forcibly; †boldly XIII; severely; not easily, (hence) barely, not quite XVI. hardship †severity; oppressive condition. XIII. hardware ironmongery. XVI.

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