hyr

From Proto-Brythonic *hir, from Proto-Celtic *sīros.

• IPA^(key): [hiːɹ]

hyr

1. long

From Old Norse hyrr.

• IPA^(key): /hɪːr/

  Rhymes: -ɪːr

hyr m (genitive singular hyrs or hyrjar, no plural)

1. (poetic) fire

   Synonyms: eldur, funi, bál

hyr

1. alternative form of hire (“her”)

hyr

1. alternative form of hire (“hers”)

hyr

1. alternative form of hire (“her”)

hyr

1. alternative form of hire (“wages”)

hyr

1. imperative of hyra

From Proto-West Germanic *hūʀiju (“hire”), from the verb *hūʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *hūzijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kūs- (“price, hire”). Cognate with Old Frisian hēre (“hire”), Old Saxon hūria (“lease, rent”), Middle Dutch hūre (“lease, rent”).

• IPA^(key): /xyːr/, [hyːr]

hȳr f

1. hire, wages
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints

     Sume menn syllaþ ēac ċyrċan tō hȳre swāswā wāclīċe mylna...

     Some men also sell churches for hire as if they were mills of little worth...

2. interest, usury

Strong ō-stem:

• hȳran, hȳrian
• hȳra

• Middle English: hire, hyre, hure, here, huyre
  • English: hire
  • Scots: hire

hyr

1. accusative/dative singular of hyrr

• Rhymes: -yːr

hyr

1. inflection of hyra:
   1. present indicative
   2. imperative