Etymology

Guyhirn

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Today it means: A village in Wisbech St Mary parish, Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3903). Full definition →

Old French guie ← Old English hyrne
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromhyrne“corner”
  2. Old French · derived fromguie“guide”
  3. 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 →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.