gehieran

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gahauzijaną. Cognate with Old Saxon gihorian, Old High German gahorjan (German gehören (to belong)), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gahausjan). Equivalent to ġe- + hīeran.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jeˈxi͜yː.rɑn/, [jeˈhi͜yː.rɑn]

Verb

ġehīeran

  1. to hear
  2. to listen
  3. to hear judicially, to try
  4. (with dative) to obey
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "The Epiphany of the Lord"
      Eft embe geara ymbrynum hé wearð on his fulluhte on þysum dæge middangearde geswutelod, ðaða se Halga Gást, on culfran hīwe, uppon him gereste, and þæs Fæder stemn of heofenum hlúde swegde, þus cweðende, "Þes is min leofa Sunu, þe me wél licað; ġehȳrað him."
      Again, after a course of years, he was, at his baptism, manifested to the world, when the Holy Ghost, in likeness of a dove, rested upon him, and the voice of the Father sounded loudly from heaven, thus saying, "This is my beloved Son who well pleaseth me; obey him."
  5. to belong
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Nativity of our Lord"
      Þeos towritennys wearð aræred fram ðam ealdormen Cyrino, of Sirian lande, þæt ælc man ofer-hēafod sceolde cennan his gebyrde, and his áre on ðære byrig þe hé to gehyrde.
      This enrolment was set forth from Cyrenius, the governor of Syria—that every man in general should declare his birth and his possession in the city to which he belonged.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: yhere
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