hain
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To hedge or fence in; inclose; protect by hedging
- (transitive) To save; spare; refrain from using or spending
- (intransitive) To be thrifty; be economical
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English *haynen derived from Old Norse hegna (defend, protect) derived from Proto-Germanic *haginjaną (hedge) suffix from English hedge inherited from Middle English heyn.
Origin
Middle English
heyn
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- behedge English
- enhedge English
- hedge English
- hedgeapple English
- hedgebank English
- hedgeberry English
- hedgebill English
- hedgeborn English
- hedgebote English
- hedgehog English
- hedgehop English
- hedgehopper English
- hedgehyssop English
- hedgeless English
- hedgelike English
- hedgepig English
- hedger English
- hedgerow English
- hedgewitch English
- hedgie English
- hedgy English
- *haginjaną Proto-Germanic
- *haynen Middle English
- hegge Middle English
- heyn Middle English
- hegna Old Norse
- heĝo Esperanto
- hegna Icelandic
- hegning Icelandic