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hernshaw

hernshaw is the obsolete form of heronsew.

Meaning of heronsew

Noun

heronsew (plural heronsews)

  1. (dialectal) A heron (originally specifically when small or young).
    • As when a cast of Faulcons make their flight / At an Herneshaw, that lyes aloft on wing […].1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Forms of hernshaw

pluralhernshaws

Questions about hernshaw

What is hernshaw the obsolete form of?
Hernshaw is the obsolete form of heronsew.

Words near hernshaw in the dictionary

  1. herniæ
  2. Hernon
  3. Hernons
  4. hernovine
  5. herns
  6. hernshaw
  7. hernshaws
  8. Hernton
  9. Herntons
  10. hero
  11. hero ball

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hernshaw (page history and authors); heronsew (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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