different between hird vs hir

English

Etymology

From Middle English hird, from Old English h?r?d, h?r?de, variants of earlier h?r?den (“family, household”), from Proto-Germanic *h?war?daz (“relationship; family”), equivalent to hewe +? -red. Cognate with German Heirat (“wedding”).

Noun

hird (plural hirds)

1. (historical) In Norwegian history, an informal retinue of personal armed companions, hirdmen or housecarls.
2. By extension, the formal royal court household.

Derived terms

• hirdman

Anagrams

• HDRI, IRHD

Norwegian

Pronunciation

Noun

hird

1. An informal retinue of personal armed companions.
2. By extension, the formal royal court household.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish hirþ (“bodyguard”), from Proto-Germanic *h?war?daz (“relationship; family”). Related to German Heirat (“wedding”) and English hired. See also Icelandic hirð.

Noun

hird c

1. (historical) bodyguard for chieftain or king

Declension

Derived terms

• hirdman

References

• hird in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hird in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• hird in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• hird in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

English

Etymology

Blend of him/his +? her.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /h??(?)/
• (US) enPR: h?r, IPA^(key): /hi?/
• Homophones: here, hear

Pronoun

hir (third-person singular, gender-neutral, objective case, reflexive hirself)

1. Them (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, coordinate with him and her.

Synonyms

• (singular) them
• (neologism) em, per

Hyponyms

• him, her

Derived terms

• (neologism) hirself

Determiner

hir

1. Belonging to hir, their (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with his and her.

Usage notes

A declension shared by several gender-neutral pronoun schema. Subjective forms associated with hir include s/he, sie, shi, and ze. For additional considerations regarding use among members of the genderqueer community, see usage notes for ze.

Synonyms

• (singular) their
• (neologism) eir

Hyponyms

• his, her

Derived terms

• (neologism) hirs

See also

• other attested gender-neutral pronouns

Anagrams

• IHR

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hi??/

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *sk?ra, from Proto-Indo-European *s?iH-ro- (“to dim, shimmer”) (compare German schier (“pure, clear”), Polish szczery (“sincere, earnest”), Ancient Greek ?????? (skîron, “parasol”)).

Noun

hir m (indefinite plural hire, definite singular hiri, definite plural hiret)

1. kindness, favor, sake
2. willingness, goodwill
3. beauty, grace, charm, dignity
4. (religious) heavenly grace

Derived terms

• hire
• hirës
• hirësi
• hirësisht
• hirmadh
• hiroj
• hirplotë

References

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• hjir, hiru

Etymology

From Latin f?lum. Compare Daco-Romanian fir.

Noun

hir n (plural hiri or hire)

1. thread

Derived terms

• hirush
• nhiric

Related terms

• nhir

Baure

Alternative forms

• jir

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hir/

Noun

hir

1. man

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *hir, from Proto-Celtic *s?ros.

Adjective

hir

1. long

Antonyms

• berr

Burushaski

Noun

hir (plural huri)

1. man (clarification of this definition is needed)

Latin

Alternative forms

• ir

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *hezros, from Proto-Indo-European *??ésr?. Cognate with Ancient Greek ???? (kheír).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /hir/, [h?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ir/, [ir]

Noun

hir n sg (indeclinable, no genitive)

1. (rare, anatomy) hand

Declension

Not declined; used only in the nominative and accusative singular., singular only.

Synonyms

• (hand): manus

References

• hir in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hir in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hi??/, [?hi?.?], [hi??]
• Homophone: hier

Pronoun

hir

1. third-person feminine singular, dative: her, to her

   Ech schreiwen hir e Bréif

   I'm writing her a letter

Declension

Pronoun

hir

1. third-person singular feminine possessive, feminine object, nominative: her
2. third-person singular feminine possessive, plural object, nominative: her
3. third-person singular feminine possessive, feminine object, accusative: her
4. third-person singular feminine possessive, plural object, accusative: her
5. third-person plural possessive, feminine object, nominative: their
6. third-person plural possessive, plural object, nominative: their
7. third-person plural possessive, feminine object, accusative: their
8. third-person plural possessive, plural object, accusative: their

Declension

Middle English

Etymology 1

Determiner

hir

1. Alternative form of hire (“her”)

Pronoun

hir

1. Alternative form of hire (“hers”)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

hir

1. Alternative form of hire (“her”)

Portuguese

Verb

hir (first-person singular present indicative vou, past participle hido)

1. Obsolete spelling of ir

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xî?r/

Noun

h?r m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. whim, caprice

Declension

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hi?r/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *hir, from Proto-Celtic *s?ros.

Adjective

hir (feminine singular hir, plural hirion, equative cyhyd, comparative hwy or hirach, superlative hwyaf or hiraf, not mutable)

1. long

   Synonyms: hirfaith, llaes, maith

   Antonyms: byr, cwta

Derived terms

• hiraeth (“longing”)
• hirgrwn (“oval”)
• hirsgwar (“rectangle, oblong”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

hir

1. h-prothesized form of ir

Mutation

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “hir”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies