bern
See also: Bern
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English bearn, contracted forms of Old English berern, bereærn (“barn, granary”). Equivalent to bere + -ern.
Alternative forms
- barn, baryn, bærn, berne
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɛrn/, /ˈbɛːrn/
Noun
bern (plural bernes)
- barn, farm building, granary
- c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), 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.
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Descendants
- English: barn
- Scots: bern
- Yola: barrn
References
- “bē̆rn, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-22.
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old English beorn; probably from Proto-Germanic *bernuz.
Alternative forms
- barn, beorn, beren, berin, berne, beryn, biern, birn, buirn, burn, burne, byrne
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beːrn/, /bɛrn/
- (early) IPA(key): /bøːrn/
Noun
bern (plural bernes)
- A man or human.
- A knight, soldier or warrior.
- A lord or noble.
Usage notes
This noun was frequently conflated with baroun in later Middle English.
References
- “bē̆rn, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-16.
Noun
bern
- Alternative form of barn (“child”)
Verb
bern
- Alternative form of beren
Verb
bern
- Alternative form of bernen
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English bern, from Old English bereærn.
Noun
bern (plural berns)
- barn
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian bern, barn, from Proto-West Germanic *barn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛːn/, /bɛn/
Noun
bern n (plural bern, diminutive berntsje)
- child, children
Derived terms
- berneftich
- bernsbern
Further reading
- “bern (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011