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hirn.

Corner; nook; hiding-place.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhɜːn/Received-Pronunciation/ˈhɝn/General-American
  1. Corner; nook; hiding-place.

    Northern-England · Scotland · UK · dialectal
Where this word comes from

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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