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Definition hern

Etymology 1

From Middle English herne, hyrne, from Old English hyrne (“corner”), from Proto-Germanic *hurnij?, *hurnij? (“projecting point, corner, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *?era(w)-, *?r?- (“horn”). More at hirn.

Noun

hern (plural herns)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) Corner, nook.
2. (now chiefly dialectal) A recess beside a wide chimney-fireside.
3. (now chiefly dialectal) A corner of angular piece of land; a nook of land projecting into another district, parish, or field.

Etymology 2

From Middle English hiren, hirne, from the same source as her. The -n was added (especially in the speech of the Midlands and Southern England, starting in the 1300s) by analogy with mine and thine. (Compare ourn.) Displaced in standard speech by the -s form, hers, which see for more. Cognate with West Flemish heurn (“hern”).

Pronoun

hern

1. (obsolete outside Britain and US dialectal, especially Appalachia) Hers; her own.

Etymology 3

Dialectal variant of heron.

Noun

hern (plural herns)

1. (dialectal or poetic) heron.

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