"hirn" meaning in Scots

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Noun

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, {{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”) 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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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hyrne"
    }
  ],
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    "Scots terms inherited from Old English",
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          "english": "C. Keith.",
          "text": "To ilka hirn he takes his rout / And gangs just stavering about / In quest o'prey."
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      "word": "hyrne"
    }
  ],
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