hyrne
- noun [ feminine ]
Grammar
A horn, corner, angle
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Hyrne
angulus,
- Wrt. Voc. 80, 73 .
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Ðæt wæter ðe man ða bán mid áþwoh binnan ðære cyrcan wearþ ágoten on ánre hyrnan
the water that the bones were washed with in the church was poured away in a corner,
- Swt. A. S. Rdr. 100, 162.
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Tó ðæs hegges hyrnan
to the corner of the hedge,
- Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 423, 18.
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Tó mórmǽde norþ hyrnan,
- 449, 19.
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On strǽta hyrnum
in angulis platearum,
- Mt. Kmbl. 5, 6.
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On ðæs weofodes hyrnan
super cornua altaris,
- Ex. 29, 12 :
- Lev. 4, 18 :
- 8, 15 .
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On ða feówer hyrnan ðære earce
per quatuor arcæ angulos,
- Past. 22, 1 ;
- Swt. 169, 21.
Etymology
A. R. hurne
:
R. Glouc. hurne
:
Prompt. Parv. hyrne angulus, see note, p. 241
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Chauc. herne
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Piers P. huirne, hirne, hyrne
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O. Frs. herne
:
Icel. hyrna one of the horns or points of an axe-head; a mountain peak.
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Entry information
Citation
Bosworth, Joseph. “hyrne.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/20363.
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