different between hymn vs hyen

English

Etymology

From Middle English ymne, borrowed from Old French ymne, from Latin hymnus, borrowed from Ancient Greek ????? (húmnos).

Pronunciation

• enPR: h?m, IPA^(key): /h?m/
• Rhymes: -?m
• Homophone: him

Noun

hymn (plural hymns)

1. A song of praise or worship, especially a religious one.

   • But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat’s-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

hymn (third-person singular simple present hymns, present participle hymning, simple past and past participle hymned)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To sing a hymn.
2. (transitive) To praise or extol in hymns.

   • To hymn the birth-night of the Lord.

See also

• theody

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /x?mn/

Noun

hymn m inan

1. anthem
2. hymn

Declension

Swedish

Noun

hymn c

1. hymn, anthem

Declension

English

Etymology

French hyène.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ha??n/

Noun

hyen (plural hyens)

1. (obsolete) A hyena.

Anagrams

• Heyn

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English h?gian, from Proto-Germanic *h?g?n?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hi??n/, /?h?i??n/

Verb

hyen (third-person singular simple present hyeth, present participle hyynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle hyed)

1. to hie (travel at great speed or with great haste)
2. to do with haste or speedily; to do when needed
3. to do with care or fervour; to make a earnest attempt
4. to make fast; to hurry or expedite someone (including oneself)
5. (figuratively) to disappear; to pass away

Conjugation

Alternative forms

• hy, hye, hy?, hy?e, hy?en, hy?ye, hy?hen, hygh, hyghe, hyghen, heye, he, he?e, he?en, hey?, hey?e, hey?en, heygh, hien, hi, hie, hi?, hi?e, hi?en, hi?ie, hi?hen, high, highe, highen, heie, hei?, hei?e, hei?en, heigh, hihe, hihen, hihi, hihin, hih?en, hee?en

Derived terms

• hye

Descendants

• English: hie
• Scots: hie

References

• “h?en, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

hyen (plural hyenen)

1. Alternative form of hyne (“household”)

Etymology 3

Adverb

hyen

1. Alternative form of henne (“hence”)

Etymology 4

Verb

hyen (third-person singular simple present hyeth, present participle hyynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle hyed)

1. Alternative form of heien (“to lift up”)

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse hýði.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²?hy???n/

  Rhymes: -???n, -?n

Noun

hyen n (definite hyene, dative hyenen)

1. (botany) film between shell and kernel