Hainとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From earlier hayne, from 中期英語 *haynen, *heynen, from Old Norse hegna (“to protect; defend”), from Proto-Germanic *haginjaną (“to hedge”), equivalent to hedge +‎ -en. Cognate with Icelandic hegna (“to fence; confine; punish”), Swedish hägna (“to fence off; enclose; protect”), Danish hegne (“to enclose; fence in”). Related to hedge.

The noun is from 中期英語 heyn.

動詞

hain (third-person singular simple present hains, present participle haining, simple past and past participle hained) (dialectal, Northern England, Scotland)

1. (transitive) To hedge or fence in; enclose; protect by hedging.
2. (transitive) To save; spare; refrain from using or spending.
3. (intransitive) To be thrifty; be economical.

名詞

hain (plural hains)

1. (obsolete or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) An enclosure; a park