her

Normalised hēr

Part of speech: noun, neuter
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /xeːr/
[heːr]
Syllables: xeːr (1 syllable)
Modern English: here

her1 · adverb

Senses

here

late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 46:2

God heard him and called out, "Jacob, Jacob!" And he answered him and said, "Here I am!"

her2 · noun · neuter · alternative form

Senses

alternative form of hǣr

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of her
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hēr	hēr
Accusative	hēr	hēr
Genitive	hēres	hēra
Dative	hēre	hērum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hēr, from Proto-Germanic *hē₂r, apparently from the stem *hi- (“this”); the exact formation is unclear. Cognate with Old Saxon hēr, Old High German hiar, Old Norse hér, Gothic (hēr).

Descendants

here

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