horehoune

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === harune, horehone, horehune, horehound, horhone, horhoune, horhowne, horhune, horone, horroun, horrowne, horyhownde harehune, hara-huna (Early Middle English) === Etymology === Inherited from Old English hārhūne, hārehūne; equivalent to hor (“hoar”) and an unknown intermediate descendant of Proto-Germanic *hūnaz (later equated with hound). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɔ̝ːr(ə)huːn(ə)/, /ˈhɔ̝ːr(ə)huːnd/ === Noun === horehoune (uncountable) horehound (Marrubium vulgare) black horehound (Ballota nigra) ==== Descendants ==== English: horehound, hoarhound → Scots: horehound ==== References ==== “hōr(e-hǒune, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 25 March 2019.