Значення

значень: 4
  1. (діалектне)Corner, nook.

  2. (діалектне)A recess beside a wide chimney-fireside.

  3. (діалектне)A corner of angular piece of land; a nook of land projecting into another district, parish, or field.

  4. (діалектне, поетичне)Heron.

Приклади

речень: 1
  1. Is it true that in Spain there's a statue of Hernán Cortez stepping on the severed head of an Indian?

Походження

From Middle English herne, hyrne, from Old English hyrne (“corner”), from Proto-Germanic *

From Middle English herne, hyrne, from Old English hyrne (“corner”), from Proto-Germanic *hurnijō, *hurnijǭ (“projecting point, corner, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”). Doublet of hirn. Further related to horn.

Dialectal variant of heron.

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