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hirn
English
Etymology
From Middle English hirne, herne, from Old English hyrne (“horn, corner, angle”), from Proto-West Germanic *hurnij?, from Proto-Germanic *hurnij? (“horn, corner, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *?erh?-. Proto-Germanic *hurnij? is a diminutive form of *hurn?, from which comes English horn. Cognate with Old Frisian herne (“horn, corner, angle”), Old Norse hyrna (“corner”), Norwegian Bokmål hjørne (“corner”) (Bokmål), Norwegian Nynorsk hyrna (“corner”) (Nynorsk), Icelandic hyrna (“point of an axehead, mountain peak”). More at horn.
Noun
hirn (plural hirns)
- (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Corner; nook; hiding-place
Anagrams
- rhin-
Middle English
Noun
hirn
- Alternative form of herne (“corner”)
Scots
Alternative forms
- hirne, hyrn, hyrne
Etymology
From Middle English herne, hirne, from Old English hyrne (“horn, corner, angle”), from Proto-Germanic *hurnij? (“horn, corner, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *?erh?- (“horn”). Cognate with Old Frisian herne (“horn, corner, angle”), Norwegian hyrna (“corner”), Icelandic hyrna (“point of an axehead, mountain peak”). More at horn.
Noun
hirn (plural hirns)
- corner; nook
- To ilka hirn he takes his rout / And gangs just stavering about / In quest o'prey. — C. Keith.
- a hiding-place
Usage notes
- Usually plural
Derived terms
- hirnek
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hin
English
Etymology
Noun
hin (plural hins)
- (historical units of measure) A former Hebrew liquid measure of volume (about 3.8 L).
- 1973, Bible (New International Version), Exodus 30:24:
- 500 shekels of cassia — all according to the sanctuary shekel — and a hin of olive oil.
- 1973, Bible (New International Version), Exodus 30:24:
- (historical units of measure) An Ancient Egyptian liquid measure of volume (about 0.48 L).
- 1997, Helaine Selin, Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Westen Cultures:
- The hin for liquids was subdivided dimidially down to 1?32 = 1 ro.
- 1997, Helaine Selin, Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Westen Cultures:
Meronyms
- (Hebrew unit of measure): log (1?12 hin); cab, kab (1?3 hin); bath (6 hins); cor, kor, homer, chomer (60 hins)
- (Egyptian unit of measure): ro (1?32 hin); khay (1?3 hin); hekat, heqat (10 hins); khar (100 hins, later 160 or 200 hins)
Translations
References
- "Weights and Measures" at Oxford Biblical Studies Online
Anagrams
- NHI, NIH, ihn
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse hinn. The other Germanic has a similar, but phonologically distinct pronoun in the same function: Proto-Germanic *jainaz, cf. Esimbi ?eon, Old High German j?ner, and Gothic ???????????????????? (jains).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?hi?n], [hin]
Pronoun
hin c (neuter hint, plural hine)
- (archaic) that (distant in space or time)
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse hinn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hi?n/
- Rhymes: -i?n
Pronoun
hin m or f (demonstrative)
- the other, that, the
Article
hin m or f (definite)
- the
Declension
French
Etymology
Expressive; possibly has roots in various ancient interjections, e.g. Latin hem (“eh?, oh!”), hui (“ho!, ooh!”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??/
Interjection
hin
- (onomatopeia, colloquial) heh, ooh, hehe!
Garifuna
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /(h)?/
Noun
hin
- fruit
Inflection
German
Etymology
From Old High German hina; compare hence.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h?n/
Adverb
hin
- (to) there; thither (archaic)
Adjective
hin (only predicative)
- (colloquial) on the fritz (out of order)
- Synonyms: hinüber, kaputt
See also
- hin-
- hin und wieder
Further reading
- “hin” in Duden online
Icelandic
Pronoun
hin (demonstrative)
- that (female)
Declension
Article
hin (f)
- the (definite article)
Declension
Japanese
Romanization
hin
- R?maji transcription of ??
Middle English
Pronoun
hin
- Alternative form of hine
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse hinn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h?n?/ (example of pronunciation)
Determiner
hin m (feminine hi, neuter hitt, plural hine)
- the other
References
- “hin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
Pronoun
hin
- inflection of hinn:
- feminine singular nominative
- neuter plural nominative/accusative
Declension
Article
hin
- inflection of hinn:
- feminine singular nominative
- neuter plural nominative/accusative
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse hinn.
The noun has been formed by ellipsis of phrases such as hin håle and hin onde.
Pronoun
hin
- (demonstrative, obsolete) other, the other one; that
Derived terms
- hinsidan (“the other side”)
- hinsides (“on the other side”)
Article
hin
- (obsolete except in set phrases, before an adjective) the (definite article)
Related terms
- hin håken (“the devil”) (a euphemism for hin håle)
- hin håle (“the devil”) (literally, “the hard one”)
- hin onde (“the devil”) (literally, “the evil one”)
Noun
hin c
- the devil
References
- Svensk etymologisk ordbok ("Swedish etymological dictionary")
- hin in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *hin, from Proto-Celtic *s?n?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hi?n/
Noun
hin f (plural hinoedd, not mutable)
- (dated) weather
- Synonym: tywydd
Derived terms
- hinsawdd (“climate”)
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “hin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
West Frisian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
hin c (plural hinnen, diminutive hintsje)
- hen
- chicken meat
Further reading
- “hin (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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Noun
hin
- Alternative form of hen
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