hairen

English

Etymology

From Middle English heeren, from Old English hǣren (“made of hair”), from Proto-West Germanic *hārīn, equivalent to hair +‎ -en (“made of”). Cognate with Scots hairen, hairn, herin (“made of hair”), German hären (“made of hair”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛəɹən/

Adjective

hairen (comparative more hairen, superlative most hairen)

1. (obsolete, now chiefly dialectal) Consisting or made of hair
   • 1678, Antiquitates Christianæ: Or, the History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: […], London: […] E. Flesher, and R. Norton, for R[ichard] Royston, […], →OCLC:

     His hairen shirt and his ascetic diet.

References

• “hairen”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Neriah, Rehani, hearin', hernia

Middle English

Noun

hairen

1. plural of hair (“hairshirt”)