Hlystan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

hlystan

Add: I. to pay attention with the ear to an utterance or a speaker :-- Cwæd Crīst tō him: ' Hlyst nū, Placida ; ic eom Crīst, ' Hml. S. 30, 59. Ic sceal sprecan . . . hliste sē þe wille, Met. Einl. 10. Ia. of the regular attention of a learner :-- Ðē gedafenad tō lērenne and mē tō hlistenne, Solil. H. 32, 16. II. io listen to speech or speaker. (l) with gen. :-- Wē byddad dē ꝥ þū hāte hyne cuman tōforan þȳnum dōmsetle, and hlyst hys worda, Nic. 2, 5. Ðā fundon hiē hiene tōmiddes dāra wietena . . , hlystende hiora worda invenerunt ilium in media doctorum audientem illos, Past. 385, 23. Seó mōdor sæt geornlīce hlystende hira tale, Hml. S. 30, 321. (l a) to listen as a learner, be a regular auditor :-- Hē hine þǣr āfēdde feówer geár. . . and hine sōhton þā crīstenan and his lāre hlyston, Hml. S. 22, 190. (l b) to give heed to a person or to advice, be persuaded to follow :-- Nȳd weorded 'nida bearnum tō helpe, gif hī his hlystad ǣror, Rūn. 10. Hlest ausculta (sermones meos), Kent. Gl. 74. (2) with dat. or prep, (a) of regular auditors :-- Sē de fundige wīslīce tō sprecanne, ondrǣde hē him dȳ lǣs his sprǣc gescynde dā ānmōdnesse dǣra de dǣrtō hlystad (ne ejus eloquio audientium unitas confundatur), Past. 93, 25 : 95, 20. Ne ic stæfcyste ne leornode, ne þǣra nānum ne hlyste þe þā smeádon and rǣddon, Hml. S. 23 b, 594. Bodian lāreówas godcunde þearfe, and ǣlc ꝥ gescād wite hlyste him georne, Ll. Th. i. 424, 19. Hū hē lǣran mæge dā de dǣrtō hlystan willad, Past. 95, 22. (b) to listen and be persuaded :-- Hlyst mīnum rǣde gif dū lufast megdhād, ꝥ dū gebūge mid biggengum tō þǣre gydenan Vesta, Hml. S. 7, 99. Sē de oferhogie þæt hē heom hlyste, Wlfst. 176, 27.

Related words: ge-, under-hlystan. hlystan