BAIRN


Meaning of BAIRN in English

/bairn/ ; Scot. /bayrddn/ , n. Scot. and North Eng.

a child; son or daughter.

[ bef. 900; ME bern, barn, OE bearn; c. Goth, ON, OHG, OS, barn, OFris bern, MD baren, Albanian me barrë pregnant; akin to Lith bérnas boy, fellow, BEAR 1 ]

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