seems like it IS a word:
Synonyms for harken
Verb
1. hark, harken, hearken, listen
usage: listen; used mostly in the imperative
Hearken (Heark"en) (?), v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Hearkened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hearkening.]
[OE. hercnen, hercnien, AS. hercnian, heorcnian, fr. hiéran, h¿ran, to hear; akin to OD. harcken, horcken, LG. harken, horken, G. horchen. See Hear, and cf. Hark..]
1. To listen; to lend the ear; to attend to what is uttered; to give heed; to hear, in order to obey or comply. "The Furies hearken, and their snakes uncurl." Dryden. "Hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you." Deut. iv. 1.
2. To inquire; to seek information. [Obs.] "Hearken after their offense." Shak.
Synonyms -- To attend; listen; hear; heed. See Attend, v. i.
Anywho, next word:
draken
greek word for dragon.