hark
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- heark (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English herken, herkien, from Old English *hercian, *heorcian, *hiercian, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną (“to hear”) + formative/intensive -k (see also the related hīeran, 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”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
hark (third-person singular simple present harks, present participle harking, simple past and past participle harked)
- (archaic, often imperative) To listen attentively.
- c. 1596–1598, William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene i], page 182:
- But harke, I heare the footing of a man.
- 1739, Charles Wesley; George Whitefield, “Hymn for Christmas-Day”, in Hymns and Sacred Poems:
- Hark! the herald angels sing / Glory to the new born King
- 1856, Herman Melville, The Lightning Rod Man:
- "Hark! The thunder becomes less muttering. It is nearing us, and nearing the earth, too. Hark! One crammed crash! All the vibrations made one by nearness. Another flash. Hold."
- 1906, O. Henry, “Between Rounds”, in The Four Million:
- Loud voices and a renewed uproar were raised in front of the boarding-house […] "'Tis Missis Murphy's voice," said Mrs. McCaskey, harking.
- 1959, Tom Lehrer (lyrics and music), “A Christmas Carol”:
- Hark! The Herald Tribune sings, / Advertising wondrous things!
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Noun[edit]
hark (plural harks)
- (Scots) A whisper
Albanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin arcus.
Noun[edit]
hark m
Basque[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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hark
Pronoun[edit]
hark
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
hark m (plural harken, diminutive harkje n)
- rake (garden tool)
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Descendants[edit]
- → Caribbean Javanese: hareg
- → Papiamentu: harka, hark
- → Saramaccan: hálíki
- → Sranan Tongo: ar'ari, har'hari
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
hark
Icelandic[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hark n (genitive singular harks, no plural)
Declension[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
Westrobothnian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse harka, harðka (“strength of body and mind”), from harðr (“hard”) ( > Westrobothnian hahl) + -ka.
Noun[edit]
hark f (definite harka)
- excellence
- hä var harka dell kar
- that's an excellent man
- hä var harka dell kar
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Yola[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English herken, from Old English *hercian.
Verb[edit]
hark
- hark
- 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1:
- Come hark to mee.
- Come hark to me.
References[edit]
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 102
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