hiren

Middle English

Etymology 1

From hire, with influence from min and þin.

Alternative forms

• hirne, hern, huron

Pronoun

hiren (nominative sche)

1. Third-person singular feminine possessive pronoun: hers.

Synonyms

• hires
• hire

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

¹Used preconsonantally or before h.
²Early or dialectal.
³Dual 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.
⁴Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

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

• here, hire, hure, hury, huyre, hyer, hyre, hyren

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhiːrən/
• (dialectal) IPA^(key): /ˈheːrən/, /ˈhuːrən/, /ˈhyːrən/

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

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

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

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

• “hiren” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.