hearn

See also: Hearn

English

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɪən/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɪɹn/[1]

Verb

hearn

  1. (dialectal) past participle of hear
    • 1857, S. H. Hammond, Wild Northern Scenes‎:
      I've hearn it said that when a man has eaten a hearty dinner, and goes to sleep with the hot sun pourin' right down on him, he's apt to see and hear a good many strange things before he wakes up.
    • 1905, Charles Felton Pidgin, Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks‎:
      "'Tis a trifle early, but I hearn tell that lyin' makes people hungry."
    • 1910, Grace MacGowan Cooke, The Power and the Glory‎:
      Like enough he's hearn of that silver mine, and that's the reason he's after Johnnie."

References
  1. Hall, Joseph Sargent (March 2, 1942), “3. The Consonants”, in The Phonetics of Great Smoky Mountain Speech (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 4), New York: King's Crown Press, DOI:10.7312/hall93950, →ISBN, § 8, page 100.

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