hieran

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hieran

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

• hīran — Early West Saxon
• hȳran — Late West Saxon
• hēran — Anglian, Kentish

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”).

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

hīeran (Early 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

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

• heorcnian
• hlosnian
• hlysnan
• hlystan

• hīeremann
• mishīeran
• oferhīeran

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

hieran

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