Participles
| Present | hīerende |
| Past | (ġe)hīered |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | hīere |
| 2nd sing. | hīerest; hīerst |
| 3rd sing. | hīereþ; hīerþ |
| 1st plur. | hīeraþ |
| 2nd plur. | hīeraþ |
| 3rd plur. | hīeraþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | hīerde |
| 2nd sing. | hīerdest |
| 3rd sing. | hīerde |
| 1st plur. | hīerdon |
| 2nd plur. | hīerdon |
| 3rd plur. | hīerdon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | hīere |
| 2nd sing. | hīere |
| 3rd sing. | hīere |
| 1st plur. | hīeren |
| 2nd plur. | hīeren |
| 3rd plur. | hīeren |
Past
| 1st sing. | hīerde |
| 2nd sing. | hīerde |
| 3rd sing. | hīerde |
| 1st plur. | hīerden |
| 2nd plur. | hīerden |
| 3rd plur. | hīerden |
Imperative
| Singular | hīer |
| Plural | hīeraþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'hieran'
hieran,
Verbs similar to 'hieran'
heran,
hierdan,
hiertan,
hierwan,
hreran,
tieran,
aberan,
ahierdan,
ahreran,
beran,
Etymology
1. From Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti.
2. Germanic cognates include Old Frisian hēra, Old Saxon hōrian, Old High German hōren, Old Norse heyra, and Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hausjan). Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek ἀκούω (akoúō) and Albanian qyr (“to look, observe”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*hauzijaną', Proto-Indo-European '
*h₂ḱh₂owsyéti'.
Sample Sentences
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c. 890, The Voyage of Ohthere and Wulfstan
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Þās land eall hīeraþ tō Denemearce. (These lands all belong to Denmark.)
Cognates
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