Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

harn

/hˈɑɹn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English

Syllables: harn
IPA: /hˈɑɹn/

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Archaic

Example Sentences

"And under George I sat wi' joy Since ere I wore my harn toy."
"[…] where they struck, hurt, and wounded the said Duncan MacAulay in his head through the harn (brain) pan therof, the said John dhu MacGregor behind his shoulderblade, wherethro' his lights and entrails might be seen, […]"

Etymology

From Middle English *harn (attested in harnepan), from Old English hærn (“brain”), from Proto-West Germanic *herʀn, from Proto-Germanic *hersô (“brain”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *harn, hærn, *herʀn, *hersô

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

harns (plural) harne (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

harnpan

Rhymes With

barn darn yarn arne carne arn karn carn garn starn varn

Questions

How do you pronounce harn?: The recorded pronunciation is /hˈɑɹn/.
What does harn mean?: Brain.
Where does harn come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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