hersen en · PRON
Pronunciation
- /hɝˈsɛn/ (General-American)
- /ɚˈsɛn/ (General-American)
- /əˈsɛn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /hɜːˈsɛn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Middle English hirselven, hireselven, hurre-selfen, equivalent to her + sen (“self”).
Meanings
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(dialectal) Herself.
She barely came to church, holed hersen up in that house and roamed moors alone every night! She cursed hersen by letting in Devil and brought a curse down on the whole valley!
2013, Karen Perkins, Thores-Cross: