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bairn

  [bairn; Scot. beyrn]
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–noun Scot. and North England.
a child; son or daughter.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME bern, barn, OE bearn; c. Goth, ON, OHG, OS, barn, OFris bern, MD baren, Albanian me barrë pregnant; akin to Lith bérnas boy, fellow, bear 1
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bairn   (bârn)   
n.   Scots
A child.

[Middle English barn, from Old English bearn; see bher-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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bairn 
"child" (of any age), O.E. bearn, probably related to beran ("bear (v.), carry, give birth"). Not chiefly Scottish.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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