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noun
An enclosure; a park
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, obsolete
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verb
To hedge or fence in; enclose; protect by hedging.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, transitive
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verb
To save; spare; refrain from using or spending.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, transitive
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verb
To be thrifty; be economical.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, intransitive
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History
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.
