bern

From Old English bereærn. Equivalent to bere +‎ -ern.

• bærn, berne, barn, baryn

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛrn/, /ˈbɛːrn/

bern (plural bernes)

1. barn, farm building, granary

   • a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “Matheu 3:12”, in Wycliffe's Bible:

     Whos wynewing cloth is in his hoond, and he ſhal fulli clenſe his corn flore, and ſhal gadere his whete in to his berne; but the chaffe he ſhal brenne with fier that mai not be quenchid.

     His winnowing fan is in his hand, and he'll completely clean his threshing-floor and gather up his wheat into his barn, but the chaff he'll burn with unquenchable fire.

• English: barn
• Scots: bern

• “bē̆rn (n.(2))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-22.

From Old English bearn.

bern

1. Alternative form of barn (“child”)

From Old English beorn.

bern

1. Alternative form of berne (“knight”)

From Middle English bern, from Old English bereærn.

bern (plural berns)

1. barn

From Old Frisian bern, barn, from Proto-Germanic *barną.

• IPA^(key): /bɛːn/, /bɛn/

bern n (plural bern, diminutive berntsje)

1. child, children

• berneftich
• bernsbern

• “bern (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011