ear

«ear» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: ear; listen (for "give ear") — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic sense

modern equivalent

ear; listen (for "give ear")

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

One of the two parts on the sides of the head used for hearing; "give ear" means listen. tree →

how it differs from today

Today "give ear" is old-fashioned and we say "listen." The first sentence uses that old phrase; the other two use the body part as we do.

examples

• Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; and let the earth hear the words of my mouth. (Torah DEU.32.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• Then she whispered in his ear: (The Red Fairy Book) tree →
• From thence further go and reckon what the mouth cannot express and the ear cannot hear. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →

primary record

ear

tests

manual 10.3; corpora 376 (Torah 19, tales 342, Sefer Yetzirah 15); EWT 2; ratio 8.5 (Torah alone 8.9); Wiktionary archaic (a sense)

In the corpora

• And, behold, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.
• And the thin ears swallowed up the seven rank and full ears.
• And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up upon one stalk, full and good.
• And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.
• And the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ear» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.