hirn

See also: Hirn

English

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɜːn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɝn/

Noun

hirn (plural hirns)

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

Anagrams

• rhin-

Middle English

Noun

hirn

1. Alternative form of herne (“corner”)

Scots

Alternative forms

• hirne, hyrn, hyrne

Etymology

From Middle English herne, hirne, from Old English hyrne (“horn, corner, angle”), from Proto-West Germanic *hurnijā, from Proto-Germanic *hurnijǭ (“horn, corner, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“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)

1. corner; nook

   To ilka hirn he takes his rout / And gangs just stavering about / In quest o'prey. — C. Keith.

2. a hiding-place

Usage notes

• Usually plural

Derived terms

• hirnek