lend one's ear

Also, lend an ear. Pay attention, listen, as in "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears" (Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, 3:2). This idiom may be obsolescent. [Late 1300s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Erna (1)	ER-nah (German, Swedish)	German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Cowan	['kauən]
Hildur	-	Icelandic, Norwegian
Jeltje	YEL-tyə (Dutch)	Frisian, Dutch
Mattanyahu	-	Biblical Hebrew
Garsea	-	Medieval Spanish