Old English · noun

hæleþa bearn

Part of speech: noun, neuter
Declension: strong a-stem
Modern English: sons heroes

Meaning

(plural)"sons of heroes"

Declension

Declension of hæleþa bearn
	Plural
Nominative	bearn
Accusative	bearn
Genitive	bearna
Dative	bearnum

All forms (3)

bearn
bearna
bearnum

Etymology

From genitive plural of hæleþ + plural of bearn. Has a parallel in Old Saxon helithō barn, possibly stemming from a Proto-West Germanic *haliþō barnu, with a possible analog in Old Norse hǫlda synir.

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