hark

• heark (obsolete)

From Middle English herken, herkien, from Old English *hercian, *heorcian, *hiercian, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną (“to hear”) + formative/intensive -k (see also the related hīeran, whence English hear). 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”).

• enPR: härk, IPA^(key): /hɑː(ɹ)k/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)k

hark (third-person singular simple present harks, present participle harking, simple past and past participle harked)

1. To listen attentively; often used in the imperative.
   • 1596-99?, William Shakespeare,The Merchant of Venice:

     But, hark, I hear the footing of a man.

   • 1739, “Hymn for Christmas-Day”, Hymns and Sacred Poems, Charles Wesley and George Whitefield:

     Hark! the herald angels sing

     “Glory to the new born King,

   • 1906: O. Henry, The Four Million

     Loud voices and a renewed uproar were raised in front of the boarding-house..."'Tis Missis Murphy's voice," said Mrs. McCaskey, harking.

   • 1959: Tom Lehrer, A Christmas Carol

     "Hark! The Herald Tribune sings, / Advertising wondrous things!"

• ark at ee (dialectal)
• hark back

• harken/hearken
• hear

hark (plural harks)

1. (Scots) A whisper

From Latin arcus.

hark m

1. bow
2. arch

• Rhymes: -ɑrk

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hark m (plural harken, diminutive harkje n)

1. rake (garden tool)

• harken

See the etymology of the main entry.

hark

1. first-person singular present indicative of harken
2. imperative of harken

• IPA^(key): /har̥k/
• Rhymes: -ar̥k

hark n (genitive singular harks, no plural)

1. noise, tumult, commotion, din

• (noise, commotion): hávaði, háreysti, skark, skarkali

From Old Norse harka, harðka (“strength of body and mind”), from harðr (“hard”) ( > Westrobothnian hahl) + -ka.

hark f (definite harka)

1. excellence

   hä var harka dell kar

   that's an excellent man

• halk

• harkøt
• hörk