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hirn

noun
/ˈhɜːn/UK/ˈhɝn/US

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. Doublet of hern.

  1. derived from *ḱerh₂-✻
  2. inherited from *hurnijǭ✻ — “horn, corner, angle”
  3. inherited from *hurnijā✻
  4. inherited from hyrne — “horn, corner, angle”
  5. inherited from hirne

Definitions

  1. Corner

    Corner; nook; hiding-place.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA