bareynnesse
Middle English
Alternative forms
- barainesse, barainnesse, baraynesse, barennes, barennez, barenynesse, bareynesse, barreynus, barynes
Etymology
From bareyne + -nesse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /barˈɛi̯(n)nɛs(ə)/, /ˈbari(n)nɛs(ə)/
Noun
bareynnesse (uncountable)
- infertility, sterility (inability to give birth)
- Synonym: bareynte
- unproductiveness (of soil or plants)
- Synonym: bareynte
- (rare) religious lacking
Descendants
- English: barrenness
References
- “barainnesse, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.