Bairn
/bɛərn/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A child or baby. Scotland
"She moved about the country like a ghost, gathering herbs in dark loanings, lingering in kirkyairds, and casting a blight on innocent bairns."
- 2 a child: son or daughter wordnet
Verb
- 1 To get (someone) pregnant. Scotland, transitive
"Go and kick the man that bairned your Nancy."
Example
More examples"She moved about the country like a ghost, gathering herbs in dark loanings, lingering in kirkyairds, and casting a blight on innocent bairns."
Etymology
Borrowed from Scots bairn, from Middle English bern, barn, from Old English bearn, from Proto-West Germanic *barn, from Proto-Germanic *barną. Doublet of barn. Compare West Frisian bern.