barntem
Middle English
Alternative forms
- barneteme, barn-tem, bearn team, barnetem, barnteme, bernteam, bareynteme, barntewm, berem-tem, barmeteme, beren-tem
Etymology
From Old English bearntēam; equivalent to barn (“child”) + teme (“folk”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbarntɛːm/, /ˈbaːrntɛːm/
Noun
barntem
- (direct) offspring, lineage.
- (rare, Late Middle English) kinfolk, family
- (rare) folk, nation, clan
- (rare) descendant, child.
Descendants
- English: bairn-team
- Scots: bairn-time (influenced by time)
References
- “bā̆rn-tēm” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-25.