— hearkener , n.
/hahr"keuhn/ , v.i.
1. Literary. to give heed or attention to what is said; listen.
v.t.
2. Archaic. to listen to; hear.
Also, harken .
[ 1150-1200; ME hercnen, OE he ( o ) rcnian, suffixed form of assumed * heorcian; see HARK, -EN 1 ]