Hirn

//ˈhɜːn// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Corner; nook; hiding-place. Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal

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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. Doublet of hern.

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