bearnteam
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom bearn (“child”) + tēam (“family, offspring”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbearntēam m
- a succession of children; issue, posterity
- progeny, offspring
- childbearing, procreation
Declension
editDeclension of bearnteam (strong a-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | bearntēam | bearntēamas |
accusative | bearntēam | bearntēamas |
genitive | bearntēames | bearntēama |
dative | bearntēame | bearntēamum |
Descendants
edit- Middle English: barntem
- English: bairn-team
- Scots: bairn-time (influenced by time)
References
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “bearntēam”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.