hiren

Middle English

Etymology 1

From hire, with influence from min and þin.

Alternative forms

Pronoun

hiren (nominative sche)

  1. Third-person singular feminine possessive pronoun: hers.
Synonyms
Descendants
  • English: hern, her'n
See also
Middle English personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative genitive possessive
singular 1st-person I, ich, ik memin
mi1		min
2nd-person þou þeþin
þi1		þin
3rd-person m hehim
hine2		himhishis
hisen
f sche, heohire
heo		 hirehire
hires, hiren
n hithit
him2		his, hit—
dual3 1st-person wit unk unker
2nd-person ȝit inc inker
plural 1st-person we us, ousoureoure
oures, ouren
2nd-person4 ye yowyouryour
youres, youren
3rd-person inh. hehem
he2		hemherehere
heres, heren
bor. þei þem, þeimþeirþeir
þeires, þeiren

1Used preconsonantally or before h.
2Early or dialectal.
3Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third-person dual forms in Middle English.
4Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

References

Etymology 2

From Old English hȳrian, from Proto-West Germanic *hūʀijan; equivalent to hire (“wages”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhiːrən/
  • (dialectal) IPA(key): /ˈheːrən/, /ˈhuːrən/, /ˈhyːrən/

Verb

hiren (third-person singular simple present hireth, present participle hirende, hirynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle hired)

  1. To hire (a person or thing)
  2. To pay, especially as a bribe.
  3. To accept employment.
Conjugation
Conjugation of hiren (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) hiren, hire
present tense past tense
1st-person singular hire hired
2nd-person singular hirest hiredest
3rd-person singular hireth hired
subjunctive singular hire
imperative singular —
plural1 hiren, hire hireden, hirede
imperative plural hireth, hire —
participles hirynge, hirende hired, yhired

1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants
References

Pronoun

hiren

  1. Alternative form of heren (“theirs”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²hiːrn̩/

Adjective

hiren (neuter hire or hirent, definite singular and plural hirne, comparative hirnare, indefinite superlative hirnast, definite superlative hirnaste)

  1. drowsy, languid

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