In Middle English almost always in to nimor take yeme: to take note, notice, observe; to give heed, attend; to heed, care; to take heed, take care…

In to bow the ear, to bow the eye, there appears to be a mixture of the notion of ‘direct or turn with attention’, and of ‘bend the head downwards’…

Attention, heed, care; nearly always in the phrases †give tent, to give heed, pay attention (obsolete), and take tent, to take heed, take care; with…

Esp. in to take (†nim) heed.

Regard, gaze; visual attention. Esp. in to have respect to: to direct one's gaze towards, to regard, look at; to face; (occasionally) to consult (a…

to have an eye to (also †in): to look to, pay attention to; to have as one's object, have regard for; to have reference to. with an eye to: with a…

later, to give, pay heed (to).

to make reckoning of: to take notice, heed, or account of. Obsolete.

to take notice. To take heed, pay attention, show awareness (of). Frequently in negative constructions.

to take into consideration, under consideration.

to return to our sheep: to return to the matter in hand. (Cf. mutton, n. phrases 2, revenons à nos moutons, phr.)

intransitive. to sit up and take notice: (originally, of a sick person) to raise oneself up from a prostrate position and pay attention to one's…