different between harns vs hards

English

Etymology

From Middle English hernes, from Old English hærnes (“brains”), plural of hærn (“brain”), from Proto-Germanic *hirznij? (“brain”), from Proto-Indo-European *?érh?s? (“head”), from *?erh?s- (“head”).

Noun

harns pl (plural only)

1. (now archaic, dialectal or rare) Brains.

Related terms

• harnpan

Anagrams

• Rahns, shRNA, sharn, shrna

Middle English

Noun

harns pl (plural only)

1. Alternative form of hernes
   • 1303, Robert Manning of Brune, Handlyng synne

     And of hys hede he brake þe bone / The harnes lay vppon þe stone.

English

Etymology 1

Noun

hards

1. plural of hard

Etymology 2

From Middle English herdes, hurdes, from Old English heordan (“hards of flax, tow”), weak feminine plural of heorde (“headhair”), from Proto-West Germanic *he?d?, from Proto-Germanic *hezd?, from Proto-Indo-European *kes- (“to comb, card”).

Alternative forms

• hurds

Noun

hards (uncountable)

1. The short coarser fibers of flax or hemp; tow.

Translations

Synonyms

• tow, oakum

Anagrams

• Dhars, shard

French

Adjective

hards

1. plural of hard