theirn

See also: their'n

English

Alternative forms

• their'n

Etymology

From Middle English theiren, compare hern. Displaced in standard speech by the -s form, theirs, which see for more.

Pronoun

theirn

1. (now UK, US, dialect, especially Appalachia, East Midlands) Theirs. [from 15th c.]
   • 1929, William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury:

     “Nothin,” Dilsey said. “You tend to yo business en let de whitefolks tend to deir'n.”

Anagrams

• hinter, nither