her's
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English hires, equivalent to her + -'s (possessive marker).
Pronoun
her's
- Obsolete form of hers.
- 1807, [Germaine] de Staël Holstein, translated by D[ennis] Lawler, “[Book VI. The manners and character of the Italians.] Chap[ter] I.”, in Corinna; or, Italy. […], volume II, London: […] Corri, […]; and sold by Colburn, […], and Mackenzie, […], →OCLC, page 34:
- But who could resist the seductions of a grace like her’s?
- 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter VI, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume II, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 64:
- […] as Mrs. Collins had settled it with her husband that the office of introduction should be her’s, it was performed in a proper manner, without any of those apologies and thanks which he would have thought necessary.
Etymology 2
From her + 's (contraction of is).
Contraction
her's
- (nonstandard) Contraction of her is
- 1875 November, “A Winter Story”, in The Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Members of the English Church, volume XX (New Series), part CXIX, London: Mozley and Smith, […], →OCLC, section XIV, page 461:
- ‘Ye won’t let she hurt her, will ye? Ye can beat me if ye will,’ she went on, going boldly up to the enemy, ‘but kit niver broke no windows, nor nothin’, an’ her’s a very good little cat.’
- 1988, Sara Fraser, chapter 3, in Tildy: Pointing Woman, Long Preston, North Yorkshire: Magna Large Print Books, published February 1995, →ISBN, page 45:
- Her name is Tildy Crawford. Her’s a very good friend o’ mine.
- 2011, Dot May Dunn, “Tuesday, 12th April”, in Bread, Jam and a Borrowed Pram: A Nurse’s Story from the Streets, London: Orion Books, →ISBN, page 284:
- Her’s not a bloke, you don’t have to flirt.