"harns" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hernes}} Middle English hernes, {{inh|en|ang|hærnas|t=brains}} Old English hærnas (“brains”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*hirʀnī}} Proto-West Germanic *hirʀnī, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*hirzniją|t=brain}} Proto-Germanic *hirzniją (“brain”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*ḱérh₂sō|t=head}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱérh₂sō (“head”) Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} harns pl (plural only)
  1. (now archaic, dialectal or rare) Brains. Tags: archaic, dialectal, plural, plural-only, rare Related terms: harnpan
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