† ofhearv.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To hear; to hear of.
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ofhearOE
overhear1549
underhearc1570
OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxxii. 272 Ða ofhyrde þæt se hælend, and cwæð.
c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Cambr.) (1901) 41 (MED) A Payn hit ofherde [v.r. yherde] & hym wel sone answarede.
c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) 4863 (MED) Þerwhiles of-herd sir Gij Noise, & wepe, & wel gret crie.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 1444 (MED) He has a sone dere, on þe triest man to-ward of alle douȝti dedes þat any man vpon molde may of here.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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v.OE- chestmeasurer
- chestnote
- chestnut
- chestnut oak
- chestnut shade
- chestnut soil
- chestnut tree
- chestnut-bloom
- chestnut-bread
- chestnut-brown
- chestnut-bud
- chestnut-burr
- chestnut-colour
- chestnut-coloured
- chestnut-crested
- chestnut-eared finch
- chestnut-extract
- chestnut-husk
- chestnut-muncher
- chestnut-red
- chestnut-roaster
- chestnut-seller
- chestnut-winged
- chestnutbloom
- chestnutbread