bareyne
Middle English
Alternative forms
- baran, barand, barayne, baren, bareigne, bareyn, baron, barrany, barrayne, barren, barreigne
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman baraing, baraigne (continental Old French brehaigne), of unknown origin, but perhaps borrowed from a Germanic language, from Frankish *baʀ (“bare, naked”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /barˈɛi̯n(ə)/, /ˈbarin(ə)/
Adjective
bareyne
- infertile, sterile (unable to give birth)
- childless (lacking children)
- unproductive (of plants, soils, or times)
- unthinking, stupid (having no intellect)
- lacking, having no (strength, grace, etc.)
- (rare) wasted, destitute, abandoned
Related terms
- bareynnesse
- bareynte
Descendants
- English: barren
- Scots: barren
References
- “barain(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.