hern

(Engels)

Noun

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

Pron

Hers; her own.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/hɜːn/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: herne

Geërf van Old English: hyrne

Geërf van Middle English: hiren

Verwante met Vlaams: heurn

In summary

From Middle English herne, hyrne, from Old English hyrne (“corner”), from Proto-Germanic *hurnijō, *hurnijǭ (“projecting point, corner, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”). Doublet of hirn. Further related to horn.

Sinonieme

heron

Atlantic herring

Labrador herring

bank herring

Norwegian herring

fall herring

herning

herron

mesh herring

egret

murman herring

Vertalings

garza

agró

Fischreiher

Reiher

Graureiher

Nachtreiher

Atlantikhering

atlantischer Hering

τσικνιάς

héron

airone

ardea

ardeola

Clupea harengus

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