hiren

Middle English

Etymology 1

From hire, with influence from min and þin.

Alternative forms

• hirne, hern, huron

Pronoun

hiren (nominative sche)

1. Third-person singular feminine genitive pronoun: hers.

Synonyms

• hires
• hire

Descendants

• English: hern, her'n

References

• “hiren, (pron.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 13 June 2018.

Etymology 2

Pronoun

hiren

1. Alternative form of heren (“theirs”)

References

• “heren, (pron.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 13 June 2018.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²hiːrn̩/

Adjective

hiren (neuter hire or hirent, definite singular and plural hirne, comparative hirnare, indefinite superlative hirnast, definite superlative hirnaste)

1. drowsy, languid

Further reading

• “hiren” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.