Bairnhood
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The quality, condition, or state of a bairn (child); childhood Scotland, uncountable
"In my bairnhood I would often linger in the glens where they dwelt, to jeer at them.” “Truly, yours was a wild boyhood, Olvir. You have yet told me little of it.” “A merry bairnhood, though Otkar's was a heavy hand.”"
Example
More examples"In my bairnhood I would often linger in the glens where they dwelt, to jeer at them.” “Truly, yours was a wild boyhood, Olvir. You have yet told me little of it.” “A merry bairnhood, though Otkar's was a heavy hand.”"
Etymology
Borrowed from Scots bairnheid, equivalent to bairn + -hood.
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