# hürnen

hürnen is a German adjective meaning “horny”.

## Meanings

1. _archaic_ horny, bony (made of keratine or a similar hard material)
   - Die ander ist in den in[n]erlichen theilen der ersten geleich / aber außwendig ist ein großer unterscheid, es wird auch mehr de[m] mennlin verglichen / weil es d[as] maul nie auff de[m] rucken hat / auch kein hürnene substanz harfür ghet. — The second is alike to the first in the innards / but outwardly there is a large difference, it is rather more comparable to the male / for it never has its maw on its back / nor does come forth a bony substance.

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