hyrne

hyrne

1. Alternative form of herne (“corner”)

• IPA^(key): /²hʏrnə/

From Middle Norwegian hyrni n, from Old Norse hyrna f, from Proto-Germanic *hurnijǭ (“horn, corner, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱera(w)-, *ḱrū- (“horn”).

hyrne n (definite singular hyrnet, indefinite plural hyrne, definite plural hyrna)

1. corner

Ultimately same as etymology 1

hyrne f (definite singular hyrna, indefinite plural hyrner, definite plural hyrnene)

1. a horned animal

• hyrning

• “hyrne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *hurnijǭ (“horn, corner, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱera(w)-, *ḱrū- (“horn”). Cognate with Old Frisian herne (“horn, corner, angle”), Old Norse hyrna, Norwegian hyrna (“corner”), Icelandic hyrna (“point of an axehead, mountain peak”). More at horn.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhyrne/

hyrne f

1. horn
2. corner
3. angle

• Middle English: herne, huirne, hirne, hyrne
• English: hern, hirn
• Scots: hirn