Stop talking about harrows! My 9 yr old son knocked his front tooth out on one up my allotment last week and I am still traumatised. It was harrowing!
I take the point, but many claim an etymological connection between hearg and harrow:
http://home.earthlink.net/~wodensharrow/asatro.html
even though there appears to be a closer old english match in 'hearwa'
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=harrow&searchmode=none
Also note relation to 'hearse'.
Eeeh, I love a bit of etymology, me!
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