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

1. (now archaic, dialectal or rare) (in the plural) Brains.
   • Halliwell

     And of hys hede he brake the bone / The harnes lay uppon the stone.

Related terms

• harnpan

Anagrams

• Rahns, shRNA, sharn, shrna

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Middle English

Noun

harns pl (plural only)

1. Alternative form of hernes