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Middle English
- harune, horehone, horehune, horehound, horhone, horhoune, horhowne, horhune, horone, horroun, horrowne, horyhownde
- harehune, hara-huna (Early Middle English)
Etymology
Inherited from Old English hārhūne, hārehūne; equivalent to hor (“hoar”) and an unknown intermediate descendant of Proto-Germanic *hūnaz (later equated with hound).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɔːr(ə)huːn(ə)/, /ˈhɔːr(ə)huːnd/
Noun
horehoune (uncountable)
- horehound (Marrubium vulgare)
- black horehound (Ballota nigra)
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