The story
- Old English · derived fromhyrne“corner”
- Old French · derived fromguie“guide”
- English todayGuyhirn
From Old French guie (“guide”) and Old English hyrne (“corner”); there is a bend in the River Nene here.
Words from the same roots
Old Frenchguie all →
guy
Old Englishhyrne all →
hurleyhearnHernehernhirn
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.