"hain" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hains [plural]
Etymology: From earlier hayne, from Middle English *haynen, *heynen, from Old Norse hegna (“to protect; defend”), from Proto-Germanic *haginjaną (“to hedge”), equivalent to hedge + -en. Cognate with Icelandic hegna (“to fence; confine; punish”), Swedish hägna (“to fence off; enclose; protect”), Danish hegne (“to enclose; fence in”). Related to hedge. The noun is from Middle English heyn. Etymology templates: {{m|enm|hayne}} hayne, {{inh|en|enm|*haynen}} Middle English *haynen, {{m|enm|*heynen}} *heynen, {{der|en|non|hegna||to protect; defend}} Old Norse hegna (“to protect; defend”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*haginjaną||to hedge}} Proto-Germanic *haginjaną (“to hedge”), {{suffix|en|hedge|en|nocat=1}} hedge + -en, {{cog|is|hegna||to fence; confine; punish}} Icelandic hegna (“to fence; confine; punish”), {{cog|sv|hägna||to fence off; enclose; protect}} Swedish hägna (“to fence off; enclose; protect”), {{cog|da|hegne||to enclose; fence in}} Danish hegne (“to enclose; fence in”), {{l|en|hedge}} hedge, {{inh|en|enm|heyn}} Middle English heyn Head templates: {{en-noun}} hain (plural hains)
  1. (obsolete or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) An enclosure; a park Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-hain-en-noun-BaFzXhsW Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hane

Verb

Forms: hains [present, singular, third-person], haining [participle, present], hained [participle, past], hained [past]
Etymology: From earlier hayne, from Middle English *haynen, *heynen, from Old Norse hegna (“to protect; defend”), from Proto-Germanic *haginjaną (“to hedge”), equivalent to hedge + -en. Cognate with Icelandic hegna (“to fence; confine; punish”), Swedish hägna (“to fence off; enclose; protect”), Danish hegne (“to enclose; fence in”). Related to hedge. The noun is from Middle English heyn. Etymology templates: {{m|enm|hayne}} hayne, {{inh|en|enm|*haynen}} Middle English *haynen, {{m|enm|*heynen}} *heynen, {{der|en|non|hegna||to protect; defend}} Old Norse hegna (“to protect; defend”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*haginjaną||to hedge}} Proto-Germanic *haginjaną (“to hedge”), {{suffix|en|hedge|en|nocat=1}} hedge + -en, {{cog|is|hegna||to fence; confine; punish}} Icelandic hegna (“to fence; confine; punish”), {{cog|sv|hägna||to fence off; enclose; protect}} Swedish hägna (“to fence off; enclose; protect”), {{cog|da|hegne||to enclose; fence in}} Danish hegne (“to enclose; fence in”), {{l|en|hedge}} hedge, {{inh|en|enm|heyn}} Middle English heyn Head templates: {{en-verb}} hain (third-person singular simple present hains, present participle haining, simple past and past participle hained)
  1. (transitive, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To hedge or fence in; inclose; protect by hedging Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-hain-en-verb-gCPNJrUU Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 28 22
  2. (transitive, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To save; spare; refrain from using or spending Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-hain-en-verb-yz8bgDqY Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English
  3. (intransitive, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To be thrifty; be economical Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-hain-en-verb-mhygH4Yy Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hane

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "Danish hegne (“to enclose; fence in”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hedge"
      },
      "expansion": "hedge",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "heyn"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English heyn",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From earlier hayne, from Middle English *haynen, *heynen, from Old Norse hegna (“to protect; defend”), from Proto-Germanic *haginjaną (“to hedge”), equivalent to hedge + -en. Cognate with Icelandic hegna (“to fence; confine; punish”), Swedish hägna (“to fence off; enclose; protect”), Danish hegne (“to enclose; fence in”). Related to hedge.\nThe noun is from Middle English heyn.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hains",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "hain (plural hains)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "Northern England English",
        "Scottish English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An enclosure; a park"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "enclosure",
          "enclosure"
        ],
        [
          "park",
          "park"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) An enclosure; a park"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern-England",
        "Scotland",
        "dialectal",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "hane"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hain"
}

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