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ge-híran

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Take here ge-heoran, ge-hioran in Dict. , and add:
intrans.
To hear, perceive sound
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  • Eáran gé habbað, and ne gehýrað (-hérað,

      L.), Mk. 8, 18.

  • Gif se hlyst oðstande, ꝥ hé ne mæge gehiéran,

      Ll. Th. i. 92, 24.

  • Sume magon gesión, sume magon gehíran (-hýron,

    v. l.

    ),
      Bt. 41, 5; F. 252, 23.
  • I a. said of the ear :---
trans.
To hear sound or that which causes sound, to have cognizance of by means of the ear.
the object a noun (pronoun)
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  • ꝥ íne stefne ic gehiére,

      Bl. H. 241, 6.

  • Hé nán óðer þingc on gewitnysse ne cýþe bútan ꝥ án ꝥ hé geseah oþþe gehýrde,

      Ll. Th. i. 274, 18.

  • Gif hwá hream gehýre and hine forsitte,

      392, 17.

  • Of heofonan gehýrdne (

    auditum

    ) þú worhtest dóm,
      Ps. L. 75, 9-
the object a clause
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  • Gehýrstú hwæt Símón cwiþ?,

      Bl. H. 183, 8.

  • Heó gehýrde hú se feónd and se freónd geflitu rǽrdon,

      El. 953.

  • Mihte man gehéran þæt þǽr wæs tóða geheáw,

      Sat. 338.
  • II a. said of the ear :-- Ðáá
with object followed by
an infinitive
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  • Hé gehýrde myccle menigo him beforan feran. Bl. H. 15, 16.

  • Hé gehýrde þone blindan cleopian,

      19, 18.

  • Gif þé þæt gelimpe þæt þú gehýre ymb þæt hálige treó fróde frignan,

      El. 442.
a pres. ptcple.
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  • Ne gehýrdest þú Drihten cun-þende, for þon ic eów sende,

      Bl. H. 237, 28. ꝥ; ǽr
    r
with past ptcple.
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  • Heó gehýrde þone helle sceaðan oferswíðedne (-ende,

      MS.), El. 957.
with a clause
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  • Hwæþer ꝥ áuht sié ꝥ wé oft gehióraþ ꝥ men cweþaþ be sumum þingum ꝥ hit scyle weás gebyrian

    whether there is anything in what we often hear men say of some things, that a thing happens by chance

    ,
      Bt. 40, 5; F. 240, 14. (Or under
3 b
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  • We are often told that things happen by chance.

    ) III a. with ellipsis of object before infin. :-- Gif sum dysig man þás bóc rǽt oþþe rǽdan gehýrþ,
      Ælfc. Gen. Thw. l, 15.

  • Wé gehéraþ hwílum secgan ꝥ . . . ,

      Bt. 41, 2; F. 246, 16.

  • Þú gehýrdest oft reccan on ealdum spellum,

      35, 4 ; F. 162, 5.

  • Wé nú gehýrdon þis godspel beforan ús rǽdan,

      Bl. H. 15, 30.

  • Þonne wé gehýron Godes béc ús beforan reccean and rǽdan, and godspell secggean, and his wuldorþrymmas . . . mannum cýþan,

      III, 16.
to exercise the sense of hearing intentionally, to give ear, hearken, listen.
intrans.
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  • Gehýre sé þe wille, Exod. 7. v. ge-hírend. ¶ with interjectional force :-- Gehéres thú

    heus!

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 26.

  • Gehýrsþú,

      42, 63.

  • Gehýrstú betsta cásere, gif þú wilt, þú miht ongyton ꝥ. . . ,

      Bl. H. 183, 10 : 85, 18.
trans.
To listen (attentively) to
a person
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  • Gehýr mé,

      Bl. H. 175, II. Críst him tó cwæð: ' Gehýre mé, ' 231, 27.

  • Hér is mín leófa Sunu . . . ; gehýrað (-hérað,

      R. , -héras, L.) hyne, Mt. 17, 5.

  • Gif þú wilt gehýran þone apostol, ne swyltst þú on écnesse,

      Hml. S. 36, 358.
speech, sound,
the object a noun (pronoun)
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  • Ðá gehérde hé swíþe geþyldelíce þæs wísan monnes word sume hwíle,

      Bt. 18, 4; F. 66, 33.

  • Gehér án spell,

      37, I ; F. 186, I : Met. 25, 1.

  • Gehýr,

      Sch. 37.

  • Heó wolde gehýran his word and his láre,

      Bl. H. 67, 28.

  • Nis hit nó ꝥ án ꝥ hí nyllaþ þisse race geléfan, ac hí hit nellaþ furþum gehíran,

      Bt. 38, 5 ; F. 204, 25.

  • Hig þisne egeslican cwide gehýran sculon,

      Ll. Th. ii. 396, 21.
the object a clause
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  • Geheór (-hér,

    v. l.

    ) geþyldelíce hwæt ic nú sprecan wille,
      Bt. 35, 5; F. 166, 21.

  • Gehéraþ hwæt se láreów sægde,

      Bl. H. 39, 10.

  • Gehérað hú se godspellere sægde be þisse tíde,

      15, 3.
to hear a religious service,
hear mass
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  • Þá þe heora cyrican forlǽtaþ, and forhycggaþ þá Godes dreámas tó gehérenne,

      Bl. H. 41, 36.
to hear judicially, to try
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  • Georne gehýreð heofon-cyninga hýhst hæleða dǽde,

      Dóm. 107.

  • Þonne wile Dryhten sylf dǽda gehýran hæleða gehwylces,

      Seel. 91.
to listen to with compliance, hear a suppliant or a supplication.
the object a person
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  • Hié cleopiað tó mé and ic gehiére hié,

      Ll. Th. i. 52, 18, 27,

  • Þú gehýrdest þone hálgan wer, þá þú geýwdest þám eorle bán Jósephes

      , El. 785.

  • Wuna mid ús. , . ' Hé hié þá nolde gehiéran, ac hié forlét,

      Bl. H. 247, 35.
the object a thing
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  • Hié hrýmað tó mé and ic gehíre hira hreám,

      Ex. 22, 23.

  • Heora béna hé gehýreð,

      Bl. H. 107, 21.

  • Gehýr míne stefne,

      89, 13.

  • Críst cwæþ ꝥ hé nelle gehýran þæs gímeleásan mannes gebedrǽdene,

      57, 4.

  • Hé clypað tó Gode and his stenme (stemn?) ne bið gehýred. Áhyld ðín eáre tó ðæs wǽdlan béne, þæt God eft ðíne stemne gehýre,

      Hml. Th. ii. 102, 19.

  • Heora béna wǽron æt Gode gehýrede,

      Bl. H. 201, 34.
with dat., to listen to one who commands,
to obey.
a person
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  • Uindas and sæs gehéras (-hǽraþ, R.) him

    venti et mare oboediunt ei

    ,
      Mt. L. 8, 27.

  • Gif hié mé oð ðæt on ryht gehiérad. . . on mínum geongum mágum swelce mé betst gehiérað,

      C. D. ii. 176, 1-4 : 175, 35.
  • On ðá hand ðe hire ǽfre betst gehýre on uncer béga cynne, vi. 138, 27.
a command
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  • Gehér þú Meotodes rǽdum . . . Lǽt of þínum staðole streámas weallan, An. 1500. VIII a. to serve, minister to :-- Gif huá mé gehéres

    si quis mihi ministrat

    ,
      Jn. L. 12, 26.

  • Hiá gehérde him

    ministrabat eis

    ,
      Mt. L. 8, 15.

  • Wífo monigo gehérdon him,

      27, 55.

  • Ne ǽnig esne mæg tuǽm hláferdum gehéra (

    seruire

    ),
      Lk. L. 16, 13.
to learn by hearing, hear of, be informed of, be told,
the object a noun
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  • Ic nǽfre ne geseah ne gehýrde nǽnne wísne mon þe má wolde bión earm ðonne welig,

      Bt. 39, 2 ; F. 212, 16.

  • Ǽlc man . . . þára þe þá gebodu gehýrde,

      L!. Th. i. 232, 12.

  • Diórwyrþra hrægla hí ne girndan . . . ne hió nánwuht ne gehérdon . . . ne gehérde nán mon þá get nánne sciphere, ne furþon ymbe nán gefeoht sprecan,

      Bt. 15 ; F. 48, 5-15.

  • Hú mihte þæt gewyrðan þæt þú ne gehýrde Hǽlendes miht?,

      An. 574.
  • THORN;ǽr bið gehýred . . . þ ín micele miht. Hy. 7, 32.
the object a clause
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  • Wé gehýrað ꝥ Drihten forseah þone welan þisse worlde,

      Bl. H. 23, 29 : 25, 21.

  • Wé nú gehýrað hwǽr ús hearmstafas onwócan,

      Gen. 939.

  • Gehýrde ic þæt Eádweard ánne slóge,

      By. 117. í"- nú
    gehýrdest hú hit beón mæg, Bl. H. 7, 34.

  • Gehýron wé nú tó hwylcum gemete heó sang,

      5, 6.

  • Þú miht gehýran hú ús wuldres weard dǽdum lufode,

      An. 595 : 812 : El. 511 : Kr. 78.

  • On þæs engles wordum wæs gehýred ꝥ þurh hire beorþor sceolde beón gehǽled eall wífa cynn,

      Bl. H. 5, 22.
the object a pronoun
representing the statement in a preceding clause
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  • Se geréfa weatð wið hine forwréged swylce hé his gód forspilde . . . ' Hwí gehýre ic þis be þé ?, ' Lk. 16, 2.

  • Férde Malcolm . . . Ðá þá se cyng þis gehýrde, Chr. 1091 ; P. 226, 28. ' Ic wolde ꝥ þú leornodest hú þú mihtest becuman tó ðám sóþum gesǽlþum , . . ' Mé lyste nú ꝥ geheóran' (-héran,

    v. l.

    ),
      Bt. 33, 3; F. 126, 31.
with a succeeding clause in apposition
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  • Þá hit se Allwalda eall gehýrde, þæt his engyl ongan oferméde áhebban,

      Gen. 292 : 2385.
  • On mor-genne gehiérdun þæt þæs cyninges þegnas . . . þæt se cyning ofslægen wæs. Chr. 755 ; P. 48, (v. III. 4.)
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  • Þæt óðre gehýron be mé þæt, þæt ic wilnige, swá swá hý ǽr gehýrdon þæt, þæt ic nolde,

      Ps. Th. 50, 9.
intrans.
To be informed about
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  • Ðá gehýrde hé be þám wundrum þe Basilius worhte,

      Hml. S. 3, 496.
Etymology
[Goth. ga-hausjan: O. Sax. gi-hórian: O. H. Ger. ge-hóren audire, exaudire, parere, obedire.]
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v. un-gehíred.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-híran.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/48302.

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