hark

Meanings

Verb

Noun

Origin

  • From Middle English herken, herkien, from Old English *hercian, *heorcian, *hiercian, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hauzijanÄ… ("to hear") + formative/intensive -k (see also the related hÄ«eran, whence English hear). Equivalent to hear + --k. Cognate with Scots herk ("to hark"), North Frisian harke ("to hark"), West Frisian harkje ("to listen"), obsolete Dutch horken ("to hark, listen to"), Middle Low German horken ("to hark"), German horchen ("to hark, harken to").

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