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harns

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
harns
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Brains.

Archaic

Etymology

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: hernes, hærnas, *herʀn, *hersô, *ḱérh₂sō

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

harnpan

Questions

What does harns mean?
Brains.
Where does harns come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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