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harnpan en · NOUN

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”).

Meanings

  1. (archaic, dialectal, rare) The brainpan; the skull.

Forms

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Relateds

harns

Translations (3)

nl breinpan (Translations) · nl hersenpan (Translations) · nl schedel (Translations)