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hirn

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  • noun Northern England, Scotland Corner; nook; hiding-place

Etymologies

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

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rhymes (39)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Bern
  2. Berne
  3. Fern
  4. Hearn
  5. Herne
  6. Kern
  7. Laverne
  8. Stern
  9. Sterne
  10. Verne
  11. adjourn
  12. burn
  13. burne
  14. byrne
  15. cherne
  16. churn
  17. concern
  18. dern
  19. discern
  20. durn
  21. earn
  22. erne
  23. fern
  24. hearn
  25. hern
  26. kearn
  27. kern
  28. kirn
  29. learn
  30. return
  31. sauterne
  32. spurn
  33. stern
  34. stirn
  35. turn
  36. unconcern
  37. upturn
  38. urn
  39. yearn

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