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Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old English bearn, contracted forms of Old English berern, bereærn (“barn, granary”). Equivalent to bere + -ern.
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bern (plural bernes)
- barn, farm building, granary
- c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)[1], published c. 1410, Matheu 3:12, page 2r, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
- whos wynewing cloþ is in his hond .· ⁊ he ſchal fulli clenſe his coꝛn flooꝛ / and he ſchal gadere his wheete in to his berne .· but þe chaf he ſchal bꝛenne wiþ fier þat mai not be quenchid
- His winnowing fan is in his hand; he'll fully clean his threshing-floor, he'll gather up his wheat into his barn, and he'll burn the chaff with unquenchable fire.
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “bē̆rn, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-22.
Etymology 2[edit]
Inherited from Old English beorn; probably from Proto-Germanic *bernuz.
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bern (plural bernes)
Usage notes[edit]
This noun was frequently conflated with baroun in later Middle English.
References[edit]
- “bē̆rn, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-16.
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
bern
- Alternative form of barn (“child”)
Etymology 4[edit]
Verb[edit]
bern
- Alternative form of beren
Etymology 5[edit]
Verb[edit]
bern
- Alternative form of bernen
Scots[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English bern, from Old English bereærn.
Noun[edit]
bern (plural berns)
West Frisian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Frisian bern, barn, from Proto-West Germanic *barn.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bern n (plural bern, diminutive berntsje)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “bern (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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