bern

== Cornish == === Etymology === From dialectal English burn, an alteration of burden. Cognate with Welsh bwrn. "Mound" sense possibly influenced by Middle Cornish bren (from Proto-Celtic *brusnyos (“breast; hill”), compare Welsh bryn). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɛrn/ === Noun === bern m (plural bernyow) concern, interest Synonym: les heap, mound, pile Synonyms: graghel, kals, krug, pil (agriculture) rick Synonyms: das, skawn, tasorn, towarghek ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === References === == 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, berne bærn (Early Middle English); berrn (Ormulum) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈbɛrn/, (later) /ˈbarn/ ==== Noun ==== bern (plural bernes) barn, farm building, granary ===== Descendants ===== English: barn Scots: bern Yola: barrn ===== References ===== “bē̆rn, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 22 March 2018. === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Old English beorn; probably from Proto-Germanic *bernuz. ==== Alternative forms ==== barn, beren, berin, berne, beryn, biern, birn, byrne beorn, beurn, buirn, burn, burne (West Midland) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /beːrn/, /bɛːrn/ IPA(key): /bøːrn/ (Southern, West Midlands) ==== 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 16 March 2018. === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== bern alternative form of barn (“child”) === Etymology 4 === ==== Verb ==== bern alternative form of beren === Etymology 5 === ==== Verb ==== bern alternative form of brennen == Old English == === Noun === bern n alternative form of bearn == 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