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Old English · noun

hyrne

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
weak n-stem
IPA
/ˈxyr.ne/
[ˈhyrˠ.ne]
Syllables
ˈxyr · ne (2 syllables)
Modern English
cornerhernhirnangle

Meaning

  1. corner

    Hring næfþ nāne hyrnan.

    A ring has no corners.

  2. angle

Declension

Declension of hyrne
SingularPlural
Nominative hyrnehyrnan
Accusative hyrnanhyrnan
Genitive hyrnanhyrnena
Dative hyrnanhyrnum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hurnijā, from Proto-Germanic *hurnijǭ (“horn, corner, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”). Cognate with Old Frisian herne (“horn, corner, angle”), Old Norse hyrna. More at horn.

Descendants

hern, hirn

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