Middle English Dictionary Entry

līthen v.(3)
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Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
(a) To listen, be attentive; ?also, hear; ~ and listen (listenen), listen (listenen) and ~, heren and ~; (b) to listen to (sb.); ~ and listenen; (c) to listen to (a story, song, words, etc.); also, hear (sth.); (d) ~ to (til, unto), to listen to (sb. or sth.); (e) ~ at, to hear from (sb.); ~ of, hear about (sth.), listen to (sth.), learn from or about (sth.); (f) in more or less empty metrical tag: to ~.