"heir" meaning in Middle English

See heir in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Head templates: {{head|enm|adverb||||{{{2}}}|head=}} heir, {{enm-adv}} heir
  1. Alternative form of her (“here”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: her (extra: here)
    Sense id: en-heir-enm-adv-jMixryim
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 6

Determiner

Head templates: {{head|enm|determiner}} heir
  1. Alternative form of here (“their”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: here (extra: their)
    Sense id: en-heir-enm-det-489OzY1b
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 7

Noun

Forms: heires [plural]
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman heir, aire (Old French eir), from Latin hēres (“heir”). Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|xno|heir}} Anglo-Norman heir, {{cog|fro|eir}} Old French eir, {{der|enm|la|hēres||heir}} Latin hēres (“heir”) Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} heir, {{enm-noun|heires}} heir (plural heires)
  1. heir Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-heir-enm-noun--Fuitth2 Disambiguation of People: 4 4 50 4 4 4 31 Categories (other): Middle English determiners, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English determiners: 10 15 14 4 14 3 3 19 3 3 6 6 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 11 15 14 2 17 3 3 17 3 3 6 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 24 12 12 2 12 2 2 26 1 2 5 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 15 14 2 12 1 1 21 1 1 7 2 Synonyms: heire, heier, eir, eire, eier, eiȝer, hair, haire, air, aire, are, her, here, hier, heyr, heyre, heyer, eyr, eyre, eyer, eyur, hayr, hayre, ayr, ayre, ayer, ayere, ayar, hyer, nayr, nayre, nayer, nere (english: by rebracketing of an heir)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} heir
  1. Alternative form of her (“hair”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: her (extra: hair)
    Sense id: en-heir-enm-noun-ADInVqOV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} heir
  1. Alternative form of here (“army”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: here (extra: army)
    Sense id: en-heir-enm-noun-Xb-nxPGI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

Forms: heires [plural], heiren [plural]
Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} heir, {{enm-noun|heires|pl2=heiren}} heir (plural heires or heiren)
  1. Alternative form of here (“haircloth”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: here (extra: haircloth)
    Sense id: en-heir-enm-noun-~N8FJtKg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5

Pronoun

Head templates: {{head|enm|pronoun}} heir
  1. Alternative form of hire (“her”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: hire (extra: her)
    Sense id: en-heir-enm-pron-Cl~xaKVk Categories (other): Middle English pronouns
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        {
          "extra": "haircloth",
          "word": "here"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of here (“haircloth”)"
      ],
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}

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          "word": "her"
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      ],
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        "Alternative form of her (“here”)"
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  "pos": "det",
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    {
      "alt_of": [
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          "extra": "their",
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      ],
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-13 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (4ba5975 and 4ed51a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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