overhøyre

• overhøyra
• (non-standard since 2012) overhøra, overhøre

From over (“over”) +‎ høyre (“hear”), akin to English overhear. In sense 2, it is a semantic loan from English.

overhøyre (present tense overhøyrer, past tense overhøyrde, supine overhøyrt, past participle overhøyrd, present participle overhøyrande, imperative overhøyr)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to ignore, don't listen, pretend like one doesn't hear
2. (transitive, intransitive) to overhear
3. (transitive, rare) to examine

• overhøre (Bokmål)

• “overhøyre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.