"His dark tresses, drenched and tangled,
that fell o'er his face he flung backward,
in the eye he looked of the evil Lord --
since that day of dread to dare his glance
has no mortal Man had might of soul.
There the mind of Húrin in a mist of dark
neath gaze unfathomed groped and foundered,
yet his heart yielded not nor his haughty pride." (HoME III, 1.2.I; stresse mine)
Maybe outdated and rebuked (unlikely); maybe just a poetic hyperbole; maybe the differentiation 'since that day' explicitly and intentionally excludes Beren. Whatever, it clearly shows the greatness of spirit of Húrin, undoubtedly the most important factor when it comes to overall greatness in Tolkien's Legendarium.
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