harns
See also: Harns
English
Etymology
From Middle English hernes, from Old English hærnas (“brains”), plural of hærn (“brain”), from Proto-Germanic *hirzniją (“brain”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱérh₂sō (“head”), from *ḱerh₂s- (“head”).
Noun
harns pl (plural only)
- (now archaic, dialectal or rare) Brains.
Related terms
- harnpan
Anagrams
- Rahns, shRNA, sharn, shrna
Middle English
Noun
harns pl (plural only)
- Alternative form of hernes
- 1303, Robert Manning of Brunne, Handlyng synne
- And of hys hede he brake þe bone / The harnes lay vppon þe stone.
- 1303, Robert Manning of Brunne, Handlyng synne