"Hairen" Quotes from Famous Books
... stereotyped language of Scripture; but a whole company of such words have nearly or quite disappeared; some lately, some long ago. 'Steelen' and 'flowren' belong only to the earliest period of the language; 'rosen' also went early. Chaucer is my latest authority for it ("rosen chapelet"). 'Hairen' is in Wiclif and in Chaucer; 'stonen' in the former (John iii. 6){190}. 'Silvern' stood originally in Wiclif's Bible ("silverne housis to Diane", Acts xix. 24); but already in the second recension of ... — English Past and Present • Richard Chenevix Trench |