different between hirn vs hird

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)

1. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Corner; nook; hiding-place

Anagrams

• rhin-

Middle English

Noun

hirn

1. 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)

1. corner; nook

   To ilka hirn he takes his rout / And gangs just stavering about / In quest o'prey. — C. Keith.

2. a hiding-place

Usage notes

• Usually plural

Derived terms

• hirnek

English

Etymology

From Middle English hird, from Old English h?r?d, h?r?de, variants of earlier h?r?den (“family, household”), from Proto-Germanic *h?war?daz (“relationship; family”), equivalent to hewe +? -red. Cognate with German Heirat (“wedding”).

Noun

hird (plural hirds)

1. (historical) In Norwegian history, an informal retinue of personal armed companions, hirdmen or housecarls.
2. By extension, the formal royal court household.

Derived terms

• hirdman

Anagrams

• HDRI, IRHD

Norwegian

Pronunciation

Noun

hird

1. An informal retinue of personal armed companions.
2. By extension, the formal royal court household.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish hirþ (“bodyguard”), from Proto-Germanic *h?war?daz (“relationship; family”). Related to German Heirat (“wedding”) and English hired. See also Icelandic hirð.

Noun

hird c

1. (historical) bodyguard for chieftain or king

Declension

Derived terms

• hirdman

References

• hird in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hird in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• hird in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• hird in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)