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hearken (v.)
Old English
heorcnian
, a suffixed form of
*heorcian
, root of
hark
; from Proto-Germanic
*hausjan
(see
hear
).
Harken
is the usual spelling in U.S. and probably is better justified by etymology;
hearken
likely is from influence of
hear
.
