hearkenv.

Brit.

/ˈhɑːk(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˈhɑrkən/

Forms: Old English hercnian, heorcnian, Middle English hercnen, ( Orm. herrcnenn), Middle English hærcnien, Middle English heorknien, herknen, herkin, Middle English–1500s herken, Middle English herkon, Middle English herkyn, Middle English harkyn, 1500s harcken; Middle English– harken, 1500s– hearken.

Etymology: Old English hercnian , heorcnian , hyrcnian , formed with suffix -n- < *heorci-an , the Old English type of hark v.The spelling harken, which agrees with that of HARK v., and is at once more regular and of earlier standing, is the accepted one in modern American Dictionaries, and is preferred by some good English writers; but in current English use it is much less frequent than hearken. The preference for the latter spelling is probably due to association with HEAR v., supported by the analogy of heart and hearth.

1. intransitive. To apply the ears to hear; to listen, give ear. Const. to (†of), in Old English and Middle English with dative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > hear [verb (intransitive)] > listen

listenc950

hearkena1000

listc1000

lithea1225

yliþea1300

intendc1380

hear1382

to have or give a lista1400

to give audience (to)c1405

a1000 Prose Life Guthlac (1848) 42 Guðlac..eode þa sona ut and hawode and hercnode.

c1000 Ælfric Homilies I. 422 Ypolitus..heora wordum heorcnode.

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 59 Hercnið alle to þis writ.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 9814 Heo..hærcneden ȝeornen of þas kinges hærme.

a1300 Cursor Mundi 966 He said, ‘adam, now wel sais þou I sal þe tell, and herken [Gött. harkin] now’.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1708 Þe fox..Hauilouneȝ & herkenez [MS reads herkeneȝ] bi heggeȝ ful ofte.

c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 668 His felawe That was so neigh to herknen al his sawe.

1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. xxxvii. 155 They ought often to herken yf they can here eny noyse or smytynge of hamers.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 579/1 Harken here at this hole.

1548 R. Crowley Informacion & Peticion sig. Avi Herken you possessioners.

1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Fiij She harkens for his hounds, and for his horne.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 139 But aged Nereus hearkens to his Lore.

1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. Sept. (1965) I. 438 'Tis full employment to hearken whither one answers or not.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 50 Whenever it is whistled to it stops to hearken.

1832 Ld. Tennyson Œnone in Poems (new ed.) 52 Dear mother Ida, hearken ere I die.

†2. intransitive. To listen privily; to play the eavesdropper; to eavesdrop. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > hear [verb (intransitive)] > listen > eavesdrop

hearkena1382

eavesdrop1606

overlisten1609

earwig1865

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xxi. 27 [24] The folie of a man to herknen thurȝ the dores.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ecclus. xxi. 27 [24] A foolish man standeth herkenynge at the dore.

1588 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 219 By harckeninge of our howses with drawen weapens.

a. intransitive. To apply the mind to what is said; to attend, have regard; to listen with sympathy or docility. Const. to.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > be attentive, pay attention to [verb (intransitive)]

lookeOE

reckOE

heedOE

turna1200

beseec1200

yeme?c1225

to care forc1230

hearkenc1230

tendc1330

tentc1330

hangc1340

rewarda1382

behold1382

convert1413

advertc1425

lotec1425

resortc1450

advertise1477

mark1526

regard1526

pass1548

anchor1557

eye1592

attend1678

mind1768

face1863

the mind > emotion > compassion > feel pity or compassion [verb (intransitive)] > sympathize > listen with sympathy

hearkenc1230

c1230 Hali Meid. 39 Hercne his read.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Exod. vi. 9 But they herkened not vnto him, for very anguysh of sprete, and for sore laboure.

1548 H. Latimer Notable Serm. sig. B.v^v No manne wyll herken to it.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxvi. 224 Josiah not hearkning to them, was slain.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 1134 Would thou hadst heark'nd to my words, & stai'd.

1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1778) II. vi. 205 Instead of hearkening to some of his officers.

1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. i. 12 To him Who hearkens to the gods, the gods give ear.

1896 A. Austin England's Darling ii. iv. 58 They would not harken.

†b. with on. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cclxxiii. 414 The people..had great desyre to harken on the promysses that the duke of Amiens made vnto them.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iv. sig. Oo1 Harkening on euery rumor.

a. transitive. To hear with attention, give ear to (a thing); to listen to; to have regard to, heed; to understand, learn by hearing; to hear, perceive by the ear. Now only poetic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > hear [verb (transitive)] > listen to

listenc950

hearOE

hearkenc1000

listc1175

to-heara1250

tend1340

attenda1400

to lay ear toa1400

receivea1425

intenda1500

ear1582

exhause1599

auscultate1892

catch1906

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > take note, observe [verb (intransitive)] > give ear, hearken

hearkenc1000

listc1000

understanda1200

listenc1225

hear1382

harka1400

to listen up1933

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > observe, note [verb (transitive)] > listen attentively, heed

listc897

listenc950

hearOE

hearkenc1000

harkc1175

listc1175

to-heara1250

listenc1290

to listen onc1330

to wait to ——c1440

regard1533

c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 440 Heo gesæt æt Godes fotum, his word heorcniende.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 11723 Forr ȝuw birrþ herrcnenn godess word.

c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 44 Nawt ane þet hit spekeð ah þet hit hercneð.

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) iii. pr. i. 50 For thow seyst þat thow art so desirous to herkne hem.

a1400–50 Alexander 2304 In-to þe temple he turned tythandis to herken.

a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) iii. xv. sig. Q.iiii When they heare it, hearken it but as they would an ydle tale.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 122 This King of Naples being an Enemy To me inueterate, hearkens my Brothers suit.

1832 Ld. Tennyson New Year's Eve 39 Tho' I cannot speak a word, I shall harken what you say.

b. With personal object (originally dative as in 1; but this afterwards levelled with the accusative or objective). Obsolete exc. dialect.

ΚΠ

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 308 Kyng Edmond..lende vp hys sseld, & herkned hym ynou.

c1500 Melusine (1895) lvi. 334 Raymondyn herkned hym gladly.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 9238 Sho herknet hym full hyndly.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 9264 Long he stode..Doun hengond his hed, herkonyng the qwene.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 50 Who would Cassandra then harcken?

1890 Mod. Yorksh. Clergyman. What do you come to church for? Boy. To harken yo.

†5. intransitive. hearken to: Listen, give ear. [As if from a compound verb to-hearken ; compare German zuhorchen , imperative horch zu! Compare to go to at go v. Phrasal verbs 1.] Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > hear [verb (intransitive)] > listen > listen to

listc897

harkc1175

to open one's earsa1200

listenc1290

to listen onc1330

tend1340

to lay to one's eara1382

attend1447

hearken to1526

to listen one's ears (or an ear) toa1533

to hear to1833

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Mark iv. f. xlviij He..sayde vnto them in his doctrine: Herken to. Beholde, The sower went forth to sowe.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts vii. 2 Brethren, and fathers, harken to.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Chron. xviii. 27 Herken to, all ye people.

†6. intransitive. To seek to hear tidings; to make inquiries, to inquire after, ask for. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > make inquiries [verb (intransitive)]

speerc888

fraynec900

askOE

inquirec1375

demand1382

fraista1400

enspeerc1440

hearken1523

question1584

interrogate1622

query1644

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccciii. 450 There abode styll the Englysshmen to harken after other newes.

?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 46 A this day allso waz thear such earnest tallk & appointment of remoouing, that I gaue ouer my notyng, and harkened after my hors.

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. i. 206 Claudio Hearken after their offence my Lord. Prince Officers, what offence haue these men done?

a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 19 I hearkened no more after it: for I reckon'd it was done.

1783 S. Johnson Let. 18 Nov. (1994) IV. 242 I hearken every day after a letter from her.

1830 T. De Quincey Life R. Bentley in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 439/2 To abstain from hearkening after libels upon himself.

†7. intransitive. To lie in wait; to wait. Obsolete.[Cf. 1523 at sense 6.]

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expectation, waiting > wait, await [verb (intransitive)]

bidec1000

onbideOE

abidelOE

sustainc1350

tarry1390

await1393

to wait for1577

hearken1580

attend1589

sit1591

wait and see1719

to wait on1773

to hold one's (also the) breath1987

1580 R. Hitchcock Pollitique Platt sig. d.iiii^v People, who daiely doeth harken when the worlde should amende with them.

1584 Stafford in Motley Netherl. (1868) I. iii. 70 The king hearkeneth to see the end, and then to believe as he seeth cause.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. ii. 260 The yongest daughter whom you hearken for, Her father keepes from all accesse of sutors.

1810 Stafford's Pacata Hibernia (ed. 2) i. xv. 167 Whether it were..the hearkening [earlier eds. hearking] after a Ship, to arrive in those parts..that occasioned his delatory excuses.]

†8. transitive. To get to hear of; to search out or find by inquiry. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > find out, discover [verb (transitive)] > by asking or enquiring

askOE

speer1390

to get out1530

hark1561

hearken1590

outlearn1596

elicitate1642

elicita1676

1590 T. Cokayne Treat. Hunting B iij Your Hounds..harken them foorth of such a kinde as bee durable.

1606 Wily Beguilde 5 If I can harken out some wealthy mariage for hir.

1606 T. Dekker Newes from Hell sig. G1^v It is some ease to Sir Timothy..to harken out the worst that others haue endured.

1616 B. Jonson Epicœne i. ii, in Wks. I. 534 He has imploid a fellow.., to hearken him out a dumbe woman.

1637 R. Humfrey tr. St. Ambrose Christian Offices i. 118 Hunting and hearkening out places of mart where hee may best vent them.

†9. intransitive. To have regard or relation. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1734 A. Pope Ess. Man: Epist. IV 38 There's not a blessing Individuals find, But some way leans and hearkens to the Kind.

10. To talk in one's ear, to whisper. Obsolete exc. Scottish.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > say in a particular manner [verb (transitive)] > whisper > into the ear

hearken1612

round1624

1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xii. 200 This harkneth with his friend, as though with him to breake Of some intended act.

1898 N.E.D. at Hearken Mod. Sc. What are ye herk'ning thegither aboot? He herk'nt to me to gang and fetch them.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hearken
释义	hearkenv. Brit. /ˈhɑːk(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈhɑrkən/ Forms: Old English hercnian, heorcnian, Middle English hercnen, ( Orm. herrcnenn), Middle English hærcnien, Middle English heorknien, herknen, herkin, Middle English–1500s herken, Middle English herkon, Middle English herkyn, Middle English harkyn, 1500s harcken; Middle English– harken, 1500s– hearken. Etymology: Old English hercnian , heorcnian , hyrcnian , formed with suffix -n- < heorci-an , the Old English type of hark v.The spelling harken, which agrees with that of HARK v., and is at once more regular and of earlier standing, is the accepted one in modern American Dictionaries, and is preferred by some good English writers; but in current English use it is much less frequent than hearken. The preference for the latter spelling is probably due to association with HEAR v., supported by the analogy of heart and hearth. 1. intransitive. To apply the ears to hear; to listen, give ear. Const. to (†of), in Old English and Middle English with dative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > hear [verb (intransitive)] > listen listenc950 hearkena1000 listc1000 lithea1225 yliþea1300 intendc1380 hear1382 to have or give a lista1400 to give audience (to)c1405 a1000 Prose Life Guthlac* (1848) 42 Guðlac..eode þa sona ut and hawode and hercnode. c1000 Ælfric Homilies I. 422 Ypolitus..heora wordum heorcnode. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 59 Hercnið alle to þis writ. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 9814 Heo..hærcneden ȝeornen of þas kinges hærme. a1300 Cursor Mundi 966 He said, ‘adam, now wel sais þou I sal þe tell, and herken [Gött. harkin] now’. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1708 Þe fox..Hauilouneȝ & herkenez [MS reads herkeneȝ] bi heggeȝ ful ofte. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 668 His felawe That was so neigh to herknen al his sawe. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. xxxvii. 155 They ought often to herken yf they can here eny noyse or smytynge of hamers. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 579/1 Harken here at this hole. 1548 R. Crowley Informacion & Peticion sig. Avi Herken you possessioners. 1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Fiij She harkens for his hounds, and for his horne. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 139 But aged Nereus hearkens to his Lore. View more context for this quotation 1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. Sept. (1965) I. 438 'Tis full employment to hearken whither one answers or not. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 50 Whenever it is whistled to it stops to hearken. 1832 Ld. Tennyson Œnone in Poems (new ed.) 52 Dear mother Ida, hearken ere I die. †2. intransitive. To listen privily; to play the eavesdropper; to eavesdrop. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > hear [verb (intransitive)] > listen > eavesdrop hearkena1382 eavesdrop1606 overlisten1609 earwig1865 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xxi. 27 [24] The folie of a man to herknen thurȝ the dores. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ecclus. xxi. 27 [24] A foolish man standeth herkenynge at the dore. 1588 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 219 By harckeninge of our howses with drawen weapens. 3. a. intransitive. To apply the mind to what is said; to attend, have regard; to listen with sympathy or docility. Const. to. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > be attentive, pay attention to [verb (intransitive)] lookeOE reckOE heedOE turna1200 beseec1200 yeme?c1225 to care forc1230 hearkenc1230 tendc1330 tentc1330 hangc1340 rewarda1382 behold1382 convert1413 advertc1425 lotec1425 resortc1450 advertise1477 mark1526 regard1526 pass1548 anchor1557 eye1592 attend1678 mind1768 face1863 the mind > emotion > compassion > feel pity or compassion [verb (intransitive)] > sympathize > listen with sympathy hearkenc1230 c1230 Hali Meid. 39 Hercne his read. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Exod. vi. 9 But they herkened not vnto him, for very anguysh of sprete, and for sore laboure. 1548 H. Latimer Notable Serm. sig. B.v^v No manne wyll herken to it. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxvi. 224 Josiah not hearkning to them, was slain. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 1134 Would thou hadst heark'nd to my words, & stai'd. View more context for this quotation 1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1778) II. vi. 205 Instead of hearkening to some of his officers. 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. i. 12 To him Who hearkens to the gods, the gods give ear. 1896 A. Austin England's Darling ii. iv. 58 They would not harken. †b. with on. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cclxxiii. 414 The people..had great desyre to harken on the promysses that the duke of Amiens made vnto them. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iv. sig. Oo1 Harkening on euery rumor. 4. a. transitive. To hear with attention, give ear to (a thing); to listen to; to have regard to, heed; to understand, learn by hearing; to hear, perceive by the ear. Now only poetic. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > hear [verb (transitive)] > listen to listenc950 hearOE hearkenc1000 listc1175 to-heara1250 tend1340 attenda1400 to lay ear toa1400 receivea1425 intenda1500 ear1582 exhause1599 auscultate1892 catch1906 the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > take note, observe [verb (intransitive)] > give ear, hearken hearkenc1000 listc1000 understanda1200 listenc1225 hear1382 harka1400 to listen up1933 the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > observe, note [verb (transitive)] > listen attentively, heed listc897 listenc950 hearOE hearkenc1000 harkc1175 listc1175 to-heara1250 listenc1290 to listen onc1330 to wait to ——c1440 regard1533 c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 440 Heo gesæt æt Godes fotum, his word heorcniende. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 11723 Forr ȝuw birrþ herrcnenn godess word. c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 44 Nawt ane þet hit spekeð ah þet hit hercneð. c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) iii. pr. i. 50 For thow seyst þat thow art so desirous to herkne hem. a1400–50 Alexander 2304 In-to þe temple he turned tythandis to herken. a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) iii. xv. sig. Q.iiii When they heare it, hearken it but as they would an ydle tale. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 122 This King of Naples being an Enemy To me inueterate, hearkens my Brothers suit. View more context for this quotation 1832 Ld. Tennyson New Year's Eve 39 Tho' I cannot speak a word, I shall harken what you say. b. With personal object (originally dative as in 1; but this afterwards levelled with the accusative or objective). Obsolete exc. dialect. ΚΠ 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 308 Kyng Edmond..lende vp hys sseld, & herkned hym ynou. c1500 Melusine (1895) lvi. 334 Raymondyn herkned hym gladly. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 9238 Sho herknet hym full hyndly. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 9264 Long he stode..Doun hengond his hed, herkonyng the qwene. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 50 Who would Cassandra then harcken? 1890 Mod. Yorksh. Clergyman. What do you come to church for? Boy. To harken yo. †5. intransitive. hearken to: Listen, give ear. [As if from a compound verb to-hearken ; compare German zuhorchen , imperative horch zu! Compare to go to at go v. Phrasal verbs 1.] Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > hear [verb (intransitive)] > listen > listen to listc897 harkc1175 to open one's earsa1200 listenc1290 to listen onc1330 tend1340 to lay to one's eara1382 attend1447 hearken to1526 to listen one's ears (or an ear) toa1533 to hear to1833 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Mark iv. f. xlviij He..sayde vnto them in his doctrine: Herken to. Beholde, The sower went forth to sowe. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts vii. 2 Brethren, and fathers, harken to. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Chron. xviii. 27 Herken to, all ye people. †6. intransitive. To seek to hear tidings; to make inquiries, to inquire after, ask for. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > make inquiries [verb (intransitive)] speerc888 fraynec900 askOE inquirec1375 demand1382 fraista1400 enspeerc1440 hearken1523 question1584 interrogate1622 query1644 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccciii. 450 There abode styll the Englysshmen to harken after other newes. ?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 46 A this day allso waz thear such earnest tallk & appointment of remoouing, that I gaue ouer my notyng, and harkened after my hors. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. i. 206 Claudio Hearken after their offence my Lord. Prince Officers, what offence haue these men done? View more context for this quotation a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 19 I hearkened no more after it: for I reckon'd it was done. 1783 S. Johnson Let. 18 Nov. (1994) IV. 242 I hearken every day after a letter from her. 1830 T. De Quincey Life R. Bentley in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 439/2 To abstain from hearkening after libels upon himself. †7. intransitive. To lie in wait; to wait. Obsolete.[Cf. 1523 at sense 6.] ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expectation, waiting > wait, await [verb (intransitive)] bidec1000 onbideOE abidelOE sustainc1350 tarry1390 await1393 to wait for1577 hearken1580 attend1589 sit1591 wait and see1719 to wait on1773 to hold one's (also the) breath1987 1580 R. Hitchcock Pollitique Platt sig. d.iiii^v People, who daiely doeth harken when the worlde should amende with them. 1584 Stafford in Motley Netherl. (1868) I. iii. 70 The king hearkeneth to see the end, and then to believe as he seeth cause. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. ii. 260 The yongest daughter whom you hearken for, Her father keepes from all accesse of sutors. View more context for this quotation 1810 Stafford's Pacata Hibernia (ed. 2) i. xv. 167 Whether it were..the hearkening [earlier eds. hearking] after a Ship, to arrive in those parts..that occasioned his delatory excuses.] †8. transitive. To get to hear of; to search out or find by inquiry. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > find out, discover [verb (transitive)] > by asking or enquiring askOE speer1390 to get out1530 hark1561 hearken1590 outlearn1596 elicitate1642 elicita1676 1590 T. Cokayne Treat. Hunting B iij Your Hounds..harken them foorth of such a kinde as bee durable. 1606 Wily Beguilde 5 If I can harken out some wealthy mariage for hir. 1606 T. Dekker Newes from Hell sig. G1^v It is some ease to Sir Timothy..to harken out the worst that others haue endured. 1616 B. Jonson Epicœne i. ii, in Wks. I. 534 He has imploid a fellow.., to hearken him out a dumbe woman. View more context for this quotation 1637 R. Humfrey tr. St. Ambrose Christian Offices i. 118 Hunting and hearkening out places of mart where hee may best vent them. †9. intransitive. To have regard or relation. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1734 A. Pope Ess. Man: Epist. IV 38 There's not a blessing Individuals find, But some way leans and hearkens to the Kind. 10. To talk in one's ear, to whisper. Obsolete exc. Scottish. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > say in a particular manner [verb (transitive)] > whisper > into the ear hearken1612 round1624 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xii. 200 This harkneth with his friend, as though with him to breake Of some intended act. 1898 N.E.D. at Hearken Mod. Sc. What are ye herk'ning thegither aboot? He herk'nt to me to gang and fetch them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1000
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