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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread hearken #115948 11/14/2003 2:32 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 I wonder if this is not actually a compound word, combining root of "hear" with root of "learn,know". hearken SYLLABICATION: hear·ken PRONUNCIATION: härkn VARIANT FORMS: also har·ken VERB: Inflected forms: hear·kened, hear·ken·ing, hear·kens INTRANSITIVE VERB: To listen attentively; give heed. TRANSITIVE VERB: Archaic To listen to; hear. ETYMOLOGY: Middle English herknen, from Old English hercnian. See keu- in Appendix I. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: hearken #115949 11/18/2003 12:21 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada how would hark fit in or does it? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: hearken #115950 11/18/2003 12:25 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 I don't know, but think "hark" is just a corruption of "hearken". I was just fishing to see if some of our bigshots would tell me. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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