hyre

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Middle English

Etymology 1

Determiner

hyre

  1. Alternative form of hire (“her”)

Pronoun

hyre

  1. Alternative form of hire (“hers”)

Etymology 2

Noun

hyre

  1. Alternative form of hire (“her”)

Etymology 3

Pronoun

hyre

  1. Alternative form of here (“army”)

Etymology 4

Noun

hyre

  1. Alternative form of hire (“wages”)

Etymology 5

Verb

hyre

  1. Alternative form of hiren (“to hire”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German hure.

Pronunciation

Noun

hyre f (definite singular hyra, indefinite plural hyrer, definite plural hyrene)

  1. wage, pay (mostly for seamen)

Etymology 2

Verb

hyre (present tense hyrar or hyrer, past tense hyra or hyrte, past participle hyra or hyrt, present participle hyrande, imperative hyr)

  1. Alternative form of hyra

References

Old English

Pronunciation

Noun

hȳre

  1. inflection of hȳr:
    1. accusative/genitive/dative singular
    2. nominative/accusative plural
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