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Old English · noun

hyr

Normalised hȳr

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/xyːr/
[hyːr]
Syllables
xyːr (1 syllable)
Modern English
hirewagesusuryinterest

Meaning

  1. hire, wages

    Sume menn syllaþ ēac ċyrċan tō hȳre swāswā wāclīċe mylna...

    Some men also sell churches for hire as if they were mills of little worth...

    late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints

  2. interest, usury

Declension

Declension of hyr
SingularPlural
Nominative hȳrhȳrahȳre
Accusative hȳrehȳrahȳre
Genitive hȳrehȳra
Dative hȳrehȳrum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hūʀiju (“hire”), from the verb *hūʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *hūzijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kūs- (“price, hire”). Cognate with Old Frisian hēre (“hire”), Old Saxon hūria (“lease, rent”), Middle Dutch hūre (“lease, rent”).

Descendants

hire

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