hiren

== Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From hire, with influence from min and þin. ==== Alternative forms ==== hirne, hern, huron ==== Pronoun ==== hiren (nominative sche) Third-person singular feminine possessive pronoun: hers. ===== Synonyms ===== hires hire ===== Descendants ===== English: hern, her'n ===== See also ===== ===== References ===== “hiren, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 13 June 2018. === Etymology 2 === From Old English hȳrian, from Proto-West Germanic *hūʀijan; equivalent to hire (“wages”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix). ==== Alternative forms ==== hire, hyer, hyre, hyren here (Kent) hure, huren, hury, huyre (West Midland) ==== 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) To hire (a person or thing) To pay, especially as a bribe. To accept employment. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Related terms ===== hire hire man hirlyng ===== Descendants ===== English: hire Scots: hire ===== References ===== “hīren, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 3 === ==== Pronoun ==== hiren 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) drowsy, languid === Further reading === “hiren” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxiː.ren/, [ˈhiː.ren] === Verb === hīren plural present subjunctive of hīran