behearken
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From be- + hearken. Cognate with West Frisian beharkje (“to listen, listen to”).
Verb[edit]
behearken (third-person singular simple present behearkens, present participle behearkening, simple past and past participle behearkened)
- (transitive) To listen to; hearken to; observe; obey.
- 1895, Snorri Sturluson, The Saga Library:
- The king prayed he might behearken mass first, and that was done.