Heorcnung

According to the Old English Dictionary:

heorcnung

Add: I. the action of hearkening :-- Ǽlc ðǽra manna ðe hine forhæfð fram unálýfedlicere heorcnunge. Hml. Th. ii. 564, 4, II. the faculty of heartening, power of hearing: -- Stemn is geslagen lyft gefrédendlic on hlyste, swá micel swá on ðǽre heorcnunge is voice is stricken air perceptible by the sense of hearing so much as is within the capacity of a person to hear, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 4, 6. Underfóð þá deáfan heorcnunge, Hml. S. 29, 337. heorcnung