haearn

From Proto-Brythonic *hiyarno-, from Proto-Celtic *īsarnom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ ‘blood' > 'red’.

haearn

1. iron

• harn

From Middle Welsh haearn, from Proto-Brythonic *hiyarno-, from Proto-Celtic *īsarnom (compare Cornish horn, Breton houarn, Irish iarann), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood, red”).

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈheɨ̯.arn/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈhei̯.arn/
• Rhymes: -eɨ̯arn

haearn m (usually uncountable, plural heyrn, not mutable)

1. iron
2. clothes iron, clipping of haearn smwddio or haearn stilo

• haearn smwddio, haearn stilo (“a clothes iron”)
• haearnaidd (“like iron; inflexible, opressive”)
• haearngant (“strake, metal tyre”)
• taro haearn ar (“to iron (clothes)”)
• Oes yr Haearn (“the Iron Age”)

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “haearn”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “haearn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies