Hark

Hark
According to the famous International Genealogical Index this surname is associated with or recorded in many interlinked spelling forms. These apparently include Arck, Ark, Arkey, Arcus, Arkiss, Erck, Ercks, Harcus, Hark, Harke, Harkus, Herrick, Urke, Urwick, Urswick and others! Given such a varied background it is difficult find either a common origin or even a common nationality. However if we take the more obvious relationship of Arcus and Harcus, this is locational from a place in the Border Country of Berwickshire between England and Scotland, called Harcase. We consider that Ark and Hark are the same name whilst Arkey is probably the diminutive of Ark, but whether Hark is a short form of Harkus and hence from Harcase is not proven. Another possibility is French from the town of Arcy, but as none of the English dictionaries of surnames appear to provide any explanations, we are left with quoting examples of recordings. These are taken from surviving church registers of the city of London and include Joane Urke who married John Holman at St Margarets Westminster in 1619, and Stephen Harke a witness at the church of St Bartholomew the Great in the city of London, in 1620,

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  • hark — [ha:k US ha:rk] v [Date: 1100 1200; Origin: Probably from an unrecorded Old English heorcian] 1.) hark at him/her/you! BrE old fashioned spoken used when you think someone is saying something stupid or acting as if they are more important than… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Hark — (h[aum]rk), v. i. [OE. herken. See {Hearken}.] To listen; to hearken. [Now rare, except in the imperative form used as an interjection, Hark! listen.] Hudibras. [1913 Webster] {Hark away!} {Hark back!} {Hark forward!} (Sporting), cries used to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • hark — [ hark ] verb intransitive an old word meaning listen ,hark back to phrasal verb transitive hark back to something to remember or talk about something that happened in the past: They always hark back to what they call the good old days. a. to be… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • hark at — ˈhark at [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they hark at he/she/it harks at present participle harking at past tense harked at past partic …   Useful english dictionary

  • hark — ► VERB 1) literary listen. 2) (hark at) informal used to draw attention to an ill advised or foolish remark or action. 3) (hark back) recall an earlier period. ORIGIN Germanic …   English terms dictionary

  • hark — [härk] vi. [ME herkien (akin to Ger horchen) < ? OE * heorcian or < OE heorcnian: see HEARKEN] Now Chiefly Literary to listen carefully: usually in the imperative, with the effect of an exclamation vt. Archaic to listen to; hear to listen… …   English World dictionary

  • Hark — kann sein: Sabine Hark, deutsche Soziologin der deutsche Name der estnischen Gemeinde Harku Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort bezeichneter Begriffe …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • hark — (v.) late 12c., from O.E. *heorcian, perhaps an intensive form from base of hieran (see HEAR (Cf. hear)). Cf. talk/tale. Cognate with O.Fris. harkia listen, M.Du. horken, O.H.G. horechon, Ger. horchen. To hark back (1829) originally referred to… …   Etymology dictionary

  • hark — sb., et, hark, ene (det at harke) …   Dansk ordbog

  • Hark — Hark, Landsee im russischen Gouvernement Esthland, in der Nähe von Reval, 1 Meile im Umfange, fischreich …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • hark — index heed Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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