hark
A whisperA whisper
» Hark! midnight from the church tower vibrates through the frosty air.
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1 sensesA whisper
Examples
2 sentencesHark! midnight from the church tower vibrates through the frosty air.
"What the hell?! Hark, what have you done?" "Nothing yet. ...No, I have."
ru«Что за чёрт?! Харк, ты что сотворил?» — «Пока ничего. ...Нет, уже кое-что». — Ooneykcall
Origin
From Middle English herken, herkien, from Old English *hercian, *heorcian, *hiercian, fromFrom Middle English herken, herkien, from Old English *hercian, *heorcian, *hiercian, from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀikōn, *hauʀukōn, derived ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną (“to hear”) + formative/intensive -k (see also the related hīeran, whence English hear). Equivalent to hear + -k. Cognate with Scots herk (“to hark”), North Frisian harke (“to hark”), West Frisian harkje (“to listen”), obsolete Dutch horken (“to hark, listen to”), Middle Low German horken (“to hark”), German horchen (“to hark, harken to”).
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