hain
hain · hains
An enclosure; a parkAn enclosure; a park
US/hˈeɪn/
Meaning
1 senses(Northern England, Scotland, dialectal, obsolete)An enclosure; a park
Origin
From earlier hayne, from Middle English *haynen, *heynen, from Old Norse hegna (“to protecFrom 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.
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