But for thou seyst that thou art so desirous to herkne hem, with how gret brenninge woldest thou glowen, yif thou wistest whider I wol leden thee!
Yif that I coniecte,' quod I, 'that thou wolt seye, algates yit I desire to herkne it more pleynly of thee.
And yif I torne ayein to the 125 studies of men, who is he to whom it sholde seme that he ne sholde nat only leven thise thinges, but eek gladly herkne hem?
I understonde wel;' quod I, 'what thou purposest to seke; but I desire for to herkne that thou shewe it me.
And if yow list to herkne hiderward, I wol yow seyn the lyf of seint Edward; 3160 Or elles first Tragedies wol I telle Of whiche I have an hundred in my celle.
Save only this, if ye wol herkne me, If any Iudas in your covent be, Remeveth him bitymes, I yow rede, If shame or los may causen any drede.
Tiburce answerde, 'seistow this to me 260 In soothnesse, or in dreem I herkne this?
The fifte spece is this; for to consente gladly and herkne gladly to the harm that men speke of other folk.
Now preye I to hem alle that herkne this litel tretis or rede, that if ther be any thing in it that lyketh hem, that ther-of they thanken oure lord Iesu Crist, of whom procedeth al wit and al goodnesse.
The peple preesseth thider-ward ful sone 2530 Him for to seen, and doon heigh reverence, And eek to herknehis hest and his sentence.
Be war, my sone, and herkne paciently, That twenty thousand men han lost hir lyves, For stryving with hir lemmans and hir wyves.
And for-as-muche as he ne hath nat in his lyf herkned Iesu Crist, whanne he hath spoken, he shal crye to Iesu Crist at his laste day, and scarsly wol he herkne him.
I am nat come your counseil for tespye; But trewely, the cause of my cominge Was only for to herkne how that ye singe.
Mi goode fader, if ye rewe 1610 Upon mi tale, tell me now, And I wol stinte and herkne yow.
Mi goode Sone, and for thi sake, So as it fell be daies olde, And so as the Poete it tolde, Upon the nyhtes micherie Nou herkne a tale of Poesie.
Now herkne a tale that is soth: 2780 Thogh it be noght of loves kinde, A gret ensample thou schalt finde This veine gloire forto fle, Which is so full of vanite.
Mi Sone, herknenow forthi A tale, to be war therby 330 Thin yhe forto kepe and warde, So that it passe noght his warde.
Mi Sone, as guile under the hat With sleyhtes of a tregetour Is hidd, Envie of such colour Hath yit the ferthe deceivant, The which is cleped Falssemblant, Wherof the matiere and the forme Now herkne and I thee schal enforme.
Bot overthis touchende his lore, Of thing that thei him tawhte more Upon the scoles of clergie Now herkne the Philosophie.
Wherof, mi Sone, for thin ese Now herkne a tale which I rede, And understond it wel, I rede.
Mi Sone, that schal wel be do: Now herkne and ley thin Ere to.
Wherof to kepe thi worschipe, So as these olde bokes tale, I schal thee telle a redi tale: Nou herkne and be wel war therby, For I wol telle it openly.
Mi Sone, that is hard to me: Bot natheles, as I have herd, Now herkne and thou schalt ben ansuerd.
Now herkne wel; for-why I wille 735 Tellen thee a propre skile, And worthy demonstracioun In myn imagynacioun.
This song to herkne I dide al myn entente, *For-why I mette I wiste what they mente.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "herkne" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
