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Old English · verb

hieran

Normalised hīeran

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈxi͜yː.rɑn/
[ˈhi͜yː.rɑn]
Syllables
ˈxi͜yː · rɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
hearobeybelongcomplianceassent

Meaning

  1. to obey

  2. to listen with compliance or assent

  3. to belong to

    Þās land eall hīeraþ tō Denemearce.

    These lands all belong to Denmark.

    c. 890, The Voyage of Ohthere and Wulfstan

  4. to hear

Conjugation

Conjugation of hieran
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular hīerehīerde
2nd singular hīeresthīersthīerdest
3rd singular hīereþhīerþhīerde
Plural hīeraþhīerdon
Subjunctive
Singular hīerehīerde
Plural hīerenhīerden
Non-finite forms of hieran
Form
Infinitive hīeran
Inflected infinitive hīerenne
Imperative singular hīer
Imperative plural hīeraþ
Present participle hīerende
Past participle hīeredġehīered

All forms (17)

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 (hausjan). Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek ἀκούω (akoúō) and Albanian qyr (“to look, observe”).

Descendants

hear

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