If they helpe wolde.
hardy (A.N.) [413], bold, hardy, courageous. hardier, [354], more bold
hardie (A.N.) [321], to encourage, embolden
harewe (A.S.) [412], a harrow
harewen, harewe (A.S.) [412], [414], to harrow. pret. harewede, ib.
harlot (A.N.) [175], [270], [271], [303], [354], a blackguard, person of infamous life. The word was used in both genders. It appears to have answered exactly to the French ribaud, as Chaucer in the Romance of the Rose translates roy des ribaulx, by king of harlots. Chaucer says of the Sompnour (C. T. l. 649):—
He was a gentil harlot and a kynde
A bettre felaw schulde men nowher fynde.
He wolde suffre for a quart of wyn,
A good felawe to ban his concubyn,