hark

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

kind

archaic word

modern equivalent

listen

part of speech

interjection

meaning for a pupil

listen, pay attention. tree →

how it differs from today

An old word, now used mostly in 'Hark!' or in poetry; we say listen.

examples

• Hark! is not that the wind rising? (The Violet Fairy Book) tree →
• Hark, what a buzzing and humming there is!" (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) tree →
• Hark to the raging of the angry wind, sounding above the rolling sea! (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) tree →

primary record

hark

tests

rate: word (≥3 uses, never in EWT or ≥10× EWT, Wiktionary: first sense archaic); corpora 21 (Torah 0, tales 21, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 2.4 (Torah alone 0.0); Wiktionary archaic (first sense)

In the corpora

• Hark, a tumult in the mountains, like as of a great people!
• Hark, the uproar of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together!
• For hark! one declareth from Dan, and announceth calamity from the hills of Ephraim:
• Hark! the cry of the shepherds, and the wailing of the leaders of the flock!
• Hark! a cry from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction!

Trees and pragmatics

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