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Reconstruction:Old English/heorcian

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This Old English entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old English

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Alternative forms

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  • *hercian, *hiercian, *hyrcian, *hearcian

Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *hauʀukōn, *hauʀikōn, equivalent to hīeran +‎ -cian.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈxe͜or.ki.ɑn/, [ˈhe͜orˠ.ki.ɑn]

Verb

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*heorcian

  1. to listen carefully, harken

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle English: herken, herkien, harkien