Hen

Morpheme

Hen

Type

free base

Denotation

female chicken, female

Etymology

Middle English hen; Old English henn

Evidence

gorhen, hen, henbane, hencoop, henfest, henhood, henhouse, henhussy, henless, henlike, hennery, hennish, henny, henpecked, henroost, hens, henwife, henyard, moorhen, mudhen, newshen, peahen, sagehen, swamphen, waterhen, woodhen

Homographs

Hen(e) [Hene, Hen]