Old English · noun

manna bearn

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

Meaning

(plural)"sons of men"; mankind

Declension

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

All forms (3)

bearn
bearna
bearnum

Etymology

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

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