different between brainpan vs harnpan

English

Alternative forms

• brain-pan
• braynepan [16th c.]

Etymology

From Middle English brayn panne, from Old English bræ?npanne, corresponding to brain +? pan.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b?e?npan/

Noun

brainpan (plural brainpans)

1. (now chiefly Canada, US, colloquial) The skull. [from 16th c.]
   • c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, part 2, First Folio 1623, IV.9:

     Many a time but for a Sallet, my braine-pan had bene cleft with a brown Bill.

   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.6:

     Yet, whether thwart or flatly it did lyte, / The tempred steele did not into his braynepan byte.

2. (now chiefly Canada, US, colloquial) The brain or mind. [from 17th c.]

English

Alternative forms

• harn-pan

Etymology

From Middle English herne panne, hern panne, equivalent to harn(s) (“brains”) +? pan (“pan, forehead”). Cognate with Scots harn-pan (“harnpan”), Middle Dutch and Middle Low German hernepanne (“harnpan”), Dutch hersenpan (“harnpan”). Compare also Middle Low German panne (“pan, forehead”), Danish pande (“pan, forehead”), Swedish panna (“pan, forehead”).

Noun

harnpan (plural harnpans)

1. The brainpan; the skull.

Related terms

• harns

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