harns
See also: Harns
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Etymology edit
From Middle English hernes, from Old English hærnas (“brains”), plural of hærn (“brain”), from Proto-West Germanic *hirʀnī, from Proto-Germanic *hirzniją (“brain”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱérh₂sō (“head”), from *ḱerh₂s- (“head”).
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harns pl (plural only)
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Middle English edit
Noun edit
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.
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