LekhoriLekhoriTo hear (something) with attention; to have regard to (something).
Thenceforth ſhe paſt into his dreadfull den, / VVhere nought but darkeſome drerineſſe ſhe found, / Ne creature ſaw, but hearkned now and then / Some little whiſpering, and ſoft groaning ſound.
To listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered; to hear with attention, compliance, or obedience.
Who ſo hearkeneth vnto me, ſhal not come to confuſion, & they that worke by me, ſhal not offende; [they that make me to be knowen, ſhal haue euerlaſting life.]
To enquire; to seek information.
Claudio. Hearken after their offence my Lord. / Prince. Officers, what offence haue theſe men done?
From Middle English herkenen (“to listen (attentively); to pay attention, take heed”) [and other forms], from Old English hercnian, heorcnian, hyrcnian, from *heorcian (“to hark”) infixed with -n-, fr...
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