hirn
English
Etymology
From Middle English hirne, herne, from Old English hyrne (“horn, corner, angle”), 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. Cognate with Old Frisian herne (“horn, corner, angle”), Old Norse hyrna (“corner”), Norwegian Bokmål hjørne (“corner”) (Bokmål), Norwegian Nynorsk hyrna (“corner”) (Nynorsk), Icelandic hyrna (“point of an axehead, mountain peak”). More at horn.
Noun
hirn (plural hirns)
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-Germanic *hurnijǭ (“horn, corner, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱera(w)-, *ḱrū- (“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
Usage notes
- Usually plural
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