hirn
hirn · hirns
Corner; nook; hiding-placeCorner; nook; hiding-place.
UK/ˈhɜːn/US/ˈhɝn/
Meaning
1 senses(Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal)Corner; nook; hiding-place.
Origin
From Middle English hirne, herne, from Old English hyrne (“horn, corner, angle”), from ProFrom 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.
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