Definitions for bairnbɛərn

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

bairnbɛərn(n.)

  1. Category: Scottish

    Ref: child. 1

Origin of bairn:

bef. 900; ME bern, barn, OE bearn, c. OFris bern, OS, OHG, ON, Go barn; akin to bear1

Princeton's WordNet

  1. bairn(noun)

    a child: son or daughter

Wiktionary

  1. bairn(Noun)

    A child or baby.

  2. Origin: From barn, bern, from (Anglian dialect) bearn and barn, both from barnan, from bʰer-. Cognate with bern, baern, born, barn, barn, barn, barrë. See also barn.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Bairn(noun)

    a child


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