"hirn" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈhɜːn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhɝn/ [General-American] Forms: hirns [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hirne}} Middle English hirne, {{m|enm|herne}} herne, {{inh|en|ang|hyrne|t=horn, corner, angle}} Old English hyrne (“horn, corner, angle”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*hurnijā}} Proto-West Germanic *hurnijā, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*hurnijǭ|t=horn, corner, angle}} Proto-Germanic *hurnijǭ (“horn, corner, angle”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*ḱerh₂-}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-, {{noncog|gem-pro|*hurnijǭ}} Proto-Germanic *hurnijǭ, {{m|gem-pro|*hurną}} *hurną, {{noncog|en|horn}} English horn Head templates: {{en-noun}} hirn (plural hirns)
  1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Corner; nook; hiding-place. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-hirn-en-noun-9V192gHU Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Northern England English, Scottish English

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} hirn
  1. Alternative form of herne (“corner”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: herne (extra: corner)
    Sense id: en-hirn-enm-noun-F0KYW4TF Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Scots]

Forms: hirns [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|enm|herne}} Middle English herne, {{m|enm|hirne}} hirne, {{inh|sco|ang|hyrne||horn, corner, angle}} Old English hyrne (“horn, corner, angle”), {{inh|sco|gmw-pro|*hurnijā}} Proto-West Germanic *hurnijā, {{inh|sco|gem-pro|*hurnijǭ||horn, corner, angle}} Proto-Germanic *hurnijǭ (“horn, corner, angle”), {{der|sco|ine-pro|*ḱerh₂-||horn}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”), {{cog|ofs|herne||horn, corner, angle}} Old Frisian herne (“horn, corner, angle”), {{cog|no|hyrna||corner}} Norwegian hyrna (“corner”), {{cog|is|hyrna||point of an axehead, mountain peak}} Icelandic hyrna (“point of an axehead, mountain peak”), {{l|en|horn}} horn Head templates: {{head|sco|noun|||plural|hirns|||||cat2=|cat3=|head=}} hirn (plural hirns), {{sco-noun}} hirn (plural hirns)
  1. corner; nook
    Sense id: en-hirn-sco-noun-Lk9~isgR
  2. a hiding-place
    Sense id: en-hirn-sco-noun-wYAWHvNf Categories (other): Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hirne, hyrn, hyrne Derived forms: hirnek

Inflected forms

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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "corner; nook"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "corner",
          "corner"
        ],
        [
          "nook",
          "nook"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a hiding-place"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "hirne"
    },
    {
      "word": "hyrn"
    },
    {
      "word": "hyrne"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hirn"
}

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