harn-pan Sc. and north. dial.
Also 6 erron. hardyn-.
[harn n.1]
The skull, the brain-pan.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 7277 His hernpan [Gött. harn panne] he brak wit chance. 1340 Hampole Pr. Consc. 5298 Þe thornes hym prikked til þe harnpane. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 237/1 Herne panne of þe hed, craneum. 1549 Compl. Scot. xvii. 154, I am leukand gyf i can fynd my fathers hardyn pan amang thir dede mennis banis. 1613 T. Potts Disc. Witches (1845) K b, He is naild sore by the heart and hand, And holy harne Panne. 1821 Joseph the Book-Man 18 He'd swear the harnpans he'd knock in, Of fools who would persist in jokin'. 1828 Craven Dial., Harn-Pan, the skull. |
b. (Sense obscure.)
| a 1400–50 Alexander 1713 A ball..þe barne with to play A herne-pann es of a berne of brende gold [cancram auream] yeuen. Ibid. 1895 Þe herne-pan, þe hand-ball þe hatt made of twiggis. |