different between hirn vs hirs

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

hir +? -s. Compare hers.

Pronunciation

• enPR: h?rz, IPA^(key): /hi?z/

Pronoun

hirs

1. That which belongs to hir, theirs (singular). Possessive case of hir, used in place of a noun. Coordinate with his and hers.

Synonyms

• (singular) theirs
• (neologism) eirs

Hyponyms

• his, hers

Usage notes

See usage notes for hir.

See also

• other attested gender-neutral pronouns

Anagrams

• Rish, sihr

Middle English

Etymology 1

Pronoun

hirs

1. Alternative form of hires (“hers”)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

hirs

1. Alternative form of heres (“theirs”)

Etymology 3

Noun

hirs (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of hereos (“love-sickness”)

Etymology 4

Verb

hirs

1. Alternative form of hereth: third-person singular present of heren (“to hear”)