brink vs hern

brink

noun
  • The edge or border. 

  • The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge. 

hern

noun
  • Corner, nook. 

  • Heron. 

  • A recess beside a wide chimney-fireside. 

  • A corner of angular piece of land; a nook of land projecting into another district, parish, or field. 

pron
  • Hers; her own. 

How often have the words brink and hern occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )