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Added 10 October 2026

hern

/hɜːn/ noun

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about hern at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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

pronoun

Hers; her own.

Origin

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.

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