- heorcnian
- \heorcnian1 wv/t2, wv/i2 to hearken, listen
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Hearken — Heark en (h[aum]rk n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hearkened} ( nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Hearkening}.] [OE. hercnen, hercnien, AS. hercnian, heorcnian, fr. hi[ e]ran, h[=y]ran, to hear; akin to OD. harcken, horcken, LG. harken, horken, G. horchen. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hearkened — Hearken Heark en (h[aum]rk n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hearkened} ( nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Hearkening}.] [OE. hercnen, hercnien, AS. hercnian, heorcnian, fr. hi[ e]ran, h[=y]ran, to hear; akin to OD. harcken, horcken, LG. harken, horken, G. horchen.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hearkening — Hearken Heark en (h[aum]rk n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hearkened} ( nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Hearkening}.] [OE. hercnen, hercnien, AS. hercnian, heorcnian, fr. hi[ e]ran, h[=y]ran, to hear; akin to OD. harcken, horcken, LG. harken, horken, G. horchen.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hearken — verb (hearkened; hearkening) Etymology: Middle English herknen, from Old English heorcnian; akin to Old High German hōrechen to listen, Old English hīeran to hear Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. listen 2. to give respectful… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Horchen — Horchen, verb. reg. neutr. welches das Hülfswort haben erfordert, mit Anstrengung aller Gehörnerven etwas durch das Gehör zu empfinden suchen. 1) Überhaupt. Ich habe lange gehorchet, aber nichts gehöret. Die Sache, welche man durch das Gehör zu… … Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart
hercnian — see heorcnian … Old to modern English dictionary
hyrcnian — see heorcnian … Old to modern English dictionary
hearken — hear|ken harken [ˈha:kən US ˈha:r ] v [I + to] [: Old English; Origin: heorcnian] literary to listen … Dictionary of contemporary English
hearken — O.E. heorcnian, a suffixed form of *heorcian, root of HARK (Cf. hark); from P.Gmc. *hausjan (see HEAR (Cf. hear)). Harken is the usual spelling in U.S. and probably is better justified by etymology; hearken likely is from influence of hear … Etymology dictionary
hearken — [ hα:k(ə)n] (also harken) verb (usu. hearken to) archaic listen. Origin OE heorcnian; prob. related to hark … English new terms dictionary
