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N (neut, a-stem)

A BEARN, child, son, issue, offspring, progeny

Source: https://bosworthtoller.com/3167, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bearn#Old_English

Attested in Caedmon's Hymn ("bearnum")

originates from
PGmc *barną "child" (barną > barn > bærn > bearn) through pgmc-to-oe
(source: Ringe 2014:180)
PGmc *barna- "child" (barna- > barn > bærn > bearn) through pgmc-to-oe
(source: Kroonen 2013:53)
Inflected forms
bearnum "child.dat.pl" (oe-dat-pl)