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English
Etymology
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
Noun
hirn (plural hirns)
- (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Corner; nook; hiding-place.
Anagrams
Middle English
Noun
hirn
- Alternative form of herne (“corner”)
Scots
Alternative forms
Etymology
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
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
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