Noun: yrchoun
Genitive
Dative
Sample Sentences
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before 1400, The Romaunt of the Rose, translated from French, partially by Geoffrey Chaucer ([…] Like sharp urchouns his here was growe, / His eyes rede as the fire-glow; […])
Nouns inflected like yrchoun
schimeringe,
synger,
serche,
sengle,
snoute,
saucer,
sauter,
sapour,
saphir,
sachel,
sculle,
scrape,
scrowe,
scisme,
sclate,
schyfe,
schyve,
schole,
schere,
schave, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Northern French irechon, herichun, from Vulgar Latin *ērīciōnem.
Verbs referencing "yrchoun"
English Nouns
urchin.
Translations