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harns

harns noun: brains.

Noun

harns pl (plural only)

  1. (archaic, dialectal, plural, plural-only, rare) Brains.

Origin of harns

From Middle English hernes, from Old English hærnas (“brains”), plural of hærn (“brain”), from Proto-West Germanic *herʀn, from Proto-Germanic *hersô (“brain”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱérh₂sō (“head”), from *ḱerh₂s- (“head”).

Questions about harns

What does harns mean?
Harns means brains.
What part of speech is harns?
Harns is a noun.

Words near harns in the dictionary

  1. Harnish
  2. Harnishes
  3. harnizo
  4. harnpan
  5. harnpans
  6. harns
  7. harnt
  8. harnts
  9. haro
  10. Haroian
  11. Haroians

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