hieran

German

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Adverb

hieran

1. here; at this place
2. here; to this place

Old English

Alternative forms

• hȳran, hēran

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti.

Germanic cognates include Old Frisian hēra, Old Saxon hōrian, Old High German hōren, Old Norse heyra, and Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hausjan). Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek ἀκούω (akoúō) and Albanian qyr (“to look, observe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxi͜yː.rɑn/, [ˈhi͜yː.rɑn]

Verb

hīeran (West Saxon)

1. (with dative) to obey
2. (with dative) to listen with compliance or assent
3. (with tō, intō) to belong to
   • c. 890, The Voyage of Ohthere and Wulfstan

     Þās land eall hīeraþ tō Denemearce.

     These lands all belong to Denmark.

4. to hear

Usage notes

• For the sense "to hear," ġehīeran is almost always used instead of hīeran.

Conjugation

Conjugation of hīeran (weak class 1)

infinitive	hīeran	hīerenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	hīere	hīerde
second person singular	hīerest, hīerst	hīerdest
third person singular	hīereþ, hīerþ	hīerde
plural	hīeraþ	hīerdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	hīere	hīerde
plural	hīeren	hīerden
imperative
singular	hīer
plural	hīeraþ
participle	present	past
	hīerende	(ġe)hīered

Synonyms

• heorcnian
• hlosnian
• hlysnan
• hlystan

Derived terms

• hīeremann
• mishīeran
• oferhīeran

Descendants

• Middle English: heren
  • English: hear
  • Scots: her, hear
  • Yola: hert (preterite)

Spanish

Verb

hieran

1. inflection of herir:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative