Old English · noun

bearn

Part of speech: noun, neuter
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /bæ͜ɑrn/
[bæ͜ɑrˠn]
Syllables: bæ͜ɑrn (1 syllable)
Modern English: bairn bern store child barn baby

bearn1 · noun · neuter

Senses

child

Swīðe wynsum hit biþ þæt man wīf hæbbe and bearn.

It is very pleasant to have a wife and children.
late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
baby

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of bearn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bearn	bearn
Accusative	bearn	bearn
Genitive	bearnes	bearna
Dative	bearne	bearnum

bearn2 · noun · neuter

Senses

a place to store barley

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of bearn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bearn	bearn
Accusative	bearn	bearn
Genitive	bearnes	bearna
Dative	bearne	bearnum

bearn3 · verb · inflected form

Senses

first/third-person singular preterite of beirnan
Inflected form of beirnan

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *barn. Cognate with Old Frisian bern, Old Saxon barn, Old Dutch *barn, Old High German barn, Old Norse barn, Gothic (barn). Related to beran.

Contraction of bereern, bereærn (literally “barley-place”), equivalent to bere + ærn.

Inflections.

Descendants

bairn, barn, bern

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