† ofhearv.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To hear; to hear of.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > hear [verb (transitive)] > overhear
ofhearOE
overhear1549
underhearc1570
OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxxii. 272 Ða ofhyrde þæt se hælend, and cwæð.
c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Cambr.) (1901) 41 (MED) A Payn hit ofherde [v.r. yherde] & hym wel sone answarede.
c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) 4863 (MED) Þerwhiles of-herd sir Gij Noise, & wepe, & wel gret crie.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 1444 (MED) He has a sone dere, on þe triest man to-ward of alle douȝti dedes þat any man vpon molde may of here.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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v.OE- hawthorn bud
- hawthorn bush
- hawthorn china
- hawthorn hedge
- hawthorn jar
- hawthorn pattern
- hawthorn pot
- hawthorn vase
- hawthorn-fly
- hawthorn-grosbeak
- hawthorn-tree
- hawthorne
- hawthorne effect
- hawthorned
- hawthornfly
- hawthorngrosbeak
- hawthorns
- hawthorntree
- hawthorny
- hawtree
- hawyard
- hay
- hay burner stove
- hay diet
- hay etc fork