harns
See also: Harns
English
Etymology
From Middle English hernes, from Old English hærnes (“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) (in the plural) Brains.
- Halliwell
- And of hys hede he brake the bone / The harnes lay uppon the stone.
- Halliwell
Related terms
Middle English
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