From Middle English *overheren, from Old English oferhฤซeran ("to overhear, hear, disobey, disregard, neglect"), equivalent to over- + hear. Cognate with Dutch overhoren ("to hear, hear about"), German รผberhรถren ("to not hear, ignore"), Danish overhรธre ("to overhear"), Icelandic yfirheyra ("to hear"), Gothic *๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐ท๐ฐ๐ฟ๐๐พ๐ฐ๐ฝ (in ๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐ท๐ฐ๐ฟ๐๐ด๐น๐ฝ๐).
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