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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1499-1513

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Herk, v. [ME. herke(n. early herkien (c 1175). Cf. Hark v.] tr. and intr. To give ear, listen (to). —a1500 Henr. III. 100/118.
Hend men, will ȝe nocht herk?
a1500 Tale of the Colkelbie Sow i. 255.
How, quod Hobby, herk me
1513 Doug. vi. xiii. 1 (R).
‘Now herkis, … ,’ Quod Anchises
1513 Ib. ix. Prol. 79.
Wil ȝe herk

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