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 Midlands)
  • 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