bern
See also: Bern
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English bearn, contracted forms of Old English berern, bereærn (“barn, granary”). Equivalent to bere + -ern.
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bern (plural bernes)
- barn, farm building, granary
- c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)[1], published c. 1410, Matheu 3:12, page 2r, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
- whos wynewing cloþ is in his hond .· ⁊ he ſchal fulli clenſe his coꝛn flooꝛ / and he ſchal gadere his wheete in to his berne .· but þe chaf he ſchal bꝛenne wiþ fier þat mai not be quenchid
- His winnowing fan is in his hand; he'll fully clean his threshing-floor, he'll gather up his wheat into his barn, and he'll burn the chaff with unquenchable fire.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “bē̆rn, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-22.
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Old English beorn; probably from Proto-Germanic *bernuz.
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bern (plural bernes)
Usage notes edit
This noun was frequently conflated with baroun in later Middle English.
References edit
- “bē̆rn, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-16.
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
bern
- Alternative form of barn (“child”)
Etymology 4 edit
Verb edit
bern
- Alternative form of beren
Etymology 5 edit
Verb edit
bern
- Alternative form of bernen
Scots edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English bern, from Old English bereærn.
Noun edit
bern (plural berns)
West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian bern, barn, from Proto-West Germanic *barn.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bern n (plural bern, diminutive berntsje)
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Further reading edit
- “bern (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011