bearn

See also: Bearn, beàrn, Béarn, and Bèarn

Middle English

Noun

bearn

1. Alternative form of barn (“child”)

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Old English

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage) From Proto-Germanic *barną (“child”). Cognate with Old Saxon barn, Old High German barn, Old Norse barn, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽 (barn). Related to beran.

Alternative forms

• barn, bærn
• *bæurn — Runic transliteration

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bæ͜ɑrn/, [bæ͜ɑrˠn]

Noun

bearn n (nominative plural bearn)

1. a child, especially a son

   Bearn Godes ― Son of God. (Codex Vercellensis)

Declension

Declension of bearn (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	bearn	bearn
accusative	bearn	bearn
genitive	bearnes	bearna
dative	bearne	bearnum

Descendants

• Middle English: barn, bern, bearn, bærn, barne, berne, baren
  • English: barn (obsolete, dialectal)
  • Geordie English: bairn
  • Scots: bairn
    • → English: bairn
  • Yola: barrn

Etymology 2

Inflections.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bæ͜ɑrn/, [bæ͜ɑrˠn]

Verb

bearn

1. first/third-person singular preterite of beirnan

Etymology 3

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

Alternative forms

• bern

Noun

bearn n

1. a place to store barley

Declension

Declension of bearn (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	bearn	bearn
accusative	bearn	bearn
genitive	bearnes	bearna
dative	bearne	bearnum

Descendants

• Middle English: bern
  • English: barn
  • Scots: bern