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 me min
    mi1
    min
    2nd person þou þe þin
    þi1
    þin
    3rd person m he him
    hine2
    him his his
    hisen
    f sche, heo hire
    heo
    hire hire
    hires, hiren
    n hit hit
    him2
    his, hit
    dual3 1st person wit unk unker
    2nd person ȝit inc inker
    plural 1st person we us, ous oure oure
    oures, ouren
    2nd person4 ye yow your your
    youres, youren
    3rd person inh. he hem
    he2
    hem here here
    heres, heren
    bor. þei þem, þeim þeir þeir
    þeires, þeiren
    1 Used preconsonantally or before h.
    2 Early or dialectal.
    3 Dual 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.
    4 Sometimes 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/
      • IPA(key): /ˈhyːriː/, /ˈhyːrən/ (West Midland)
      • IPA(key): /ˈheːr(ə)/ (East Anglia, Kent)

      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

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

      Descendants
      References

      Etymology 3

      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

      Further reading

      Old English

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈxiː.ren/, [ˈhiː.ren]

      Verb

      hīren

      1. plural present subjunctive of hīran