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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English hirne, herne, from Old English hyrne (“horn, corner, angle”), from Proto-West Germanic *hurnijā, from Proto-Germanic *hurnijǭ (“horn, corner, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-. Proto-Germanic *hurnijǭ is a diminutive form of *hurną, from which comes English horn.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɜːn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɝn/
Noun[edit]
hirn (plural hirns)
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
hirn
- Alternative form of herne (“corner”)
Scots[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English herne, hirne, from Old English hyrne (“horn, corner, angle”), from Proto-West Germanic *hurnijā, from Proto-Germanic *hurnijǭ (“horn, corner, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”).
Cognate with Old Frisian herne (“horn, corner, angle”), Norwegian hyrna (“corner”), Icelandic hyrna (“point of an axehead, mountain peak”). More at horn.
Noun[edit]
hirn (plural hirns)
- corner; nook
- To ilka hirn he takes his rout / And gangs just stavering about / In quest o'prey. — C. Keith.
- a hiding-place
Usage notes[edit]
- Usually plural
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