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Webster 1913 Edition

Bairn

Bairn

(bârn)
,
Noun.
[Scot.
bairn
, AS.
bearn
, fr.
beran
to bear; akin to Icel., OS., & Goth.
barn
. See
Bear
to support.]
A child.
[Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
Has he not well provided for the
bairn
?
Beau. & Fl.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bairn

BAIRN

Definition 2024

bairn

bairn

English

Alternative forms

Noun

bairn ‎(plural bairns)

  1. (Scotland, and parts of Northern England) A child or baby.

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:child.

Derived terms

References

  • The New Geordie Dictionary, Frank Graham, 1987, ISBN 0946928118
  • Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin,
  • Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
  • Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977
  • A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ISBN 1904794165
  • “bairn” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
  • bairn in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

Scots

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [beːrn]

Noun

bairn ‎(plural bairns)

  1. child

Derived terms

Verb

bairn ‎(third-person singular present bairns, present participle bairnin, past bairnt, past participle bairnt)

  1. to make pregnant

Etymology

From Middle English barn, bern, from Old English (Anglian dialect) bearn ‎(“child, son, descendant, offspring, issue, progeny”) and Old Norse barn ‎(“child”), both from Proto-Germanic *barną ‎(“child”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‎(“to bear, bring forth”). Cognate with West Frisian bern ‎(“child”), North Frisian baern, born ‎(“child”), Middle High German barn ‎(“child, son, daughter”), Swedish, barn ‎(“child”), Norwegian barn ‎(“child”), Icelandic barn ‎(“child”), Albanian barrë ‎(“pregnancy, child”). See also barn.

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