(a) To listen attentively, take heed, harken; herken to, listen to (sb. or sth.); herken of, listen to (sth.), hear about; herken unto, listen to (sb.); (b) to listen to (sth. or sb.) attentively……
(a) Refl. To make confession, make confession (to sb., to God); also iron., with implication of impending decease [quot.: Chaucer TC]; (b) refl.shriven o (of), to confess (sins), make confession of……
(a) To stab (sb. or sth.), pierce with a weapon; stab (sb., an animal) to death, kill; steken doun, cut (sb.) down with a sword; ppl.stekede, stabbed, killed; (b) to nail (Jesus on the cross); fig.……
(a) To leap, jump; cavort, caper, prance; also fig.; also, jump up and down in joy or fear; sterten up, leap up in the air; also fig.; ppl.stertinge, leaping, bounding, skipping; (b) with prep……
(a) To go, depart; turn away, turn aside; also fig.; get up (out of bed); swerven aside (oute); (b) to stagger; move in a course which is not straight; of the lip of a wound: depart from a straight……
