bairntime

== Scots == === Alternative forms === bairn-team, bairn-time === Etymology 1 === From Middle English barntem, from Old English bearntēam. Influenced by time. ==== Noun ==== bairntime (plural bairntimes) offspring; descendants === Etymology 2 === From Modern Scots bairntime (“offspring”). Influenced by time. ==== Noun ==== bairntime (plural bairntimes) The part of a woman's life during which she bears children. childhood === References === “bairn-time, n.1”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC. “bairn-time, n.2”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.