hern
Corner, nookCorner, nook.
Meaning
4 senses(dialectal)Corner, nook.
(dialectal)A recess beside a wide chimney-fireside.
(dialectal)A corner of angular piece of land; a nook of land projecting into another district, parish, or field.
(dialectal, poetic)Heron.
Origin
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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