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hirn

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɜːn/
  • General-American: /ˈhɝn/
  • CMU ARPABET: HH ER1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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noun

Meaning 1

Corner; nook; hiding-place.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

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.