hersen

H4E1R1S1E1N1
UK/hɜːˈsɛn/UK/əˈsɛn/US/hɝˈsɛn/US/ɚˈsɛn/

pronoun

Herself.

OriginMiddle English hirselven →
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Meanings

pronoun
  1. dialectalHerself.

    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

Origin

  1. Middle Englishhirselven
  2. Englishhersen

From Middle English hirselven, hireselven, hurre-selfen, equivalent to her + sen (“self”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

hersen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hersen

MLA

“hersen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hersen. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hersen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hersen.

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