hjarni
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Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse hjarni (“the brain”), whence the Old Norse hjarnamænir (“the skull”) from Proto-Germanic *hirzniją, *hirsniz (“brain”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱara-, *ḱeras-, *ḱrās- (“head”). Cognate with with Old High German hirni (“brain”), Swedish hjärna (“brain”), Latin cerebrum (“brain, skull”), Ancient Greek κάρα (kára, “head”), and Old English hærn (“brain”) (whence English harns).
Noun[edit]
hjarni m (genitive singular hjarna, plural hjarnar)
- (neuroanatomy) the cerebrum
Derived terms[edit]
- geimhjarni
- hjarnabörkur
- hjarnaskál
- hjarnavængir (corpus striatum)
- hvelatengslalaus hjarni (cerebrum acallosale)
- rákahjarni (corpus striatum)
Synonyms[edit]
- (cerebrum): stóri heili, stórheili
Usage notes[edit]
- A suggested translation of the word computer, wholly replaced by tölva (“computer”) in 1965.
