Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bairn-time

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables: bairn--time
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Offspring; the group of all offspring.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"And thus they have thought , that when a Family or Bairn-time incline to a Conſumption (which being a diſeaſe hereditary runs much in a blood) in that caſe it is good that they part Company, and live at a diſtance one from another, for that the diſeaſe is ſtrengthned by their ſocial conversation."
"I had once a bony bairn-time of bairns (a great many good children) in Scotland, which they bereaved me of; ſome of whom they ſent to foreign lands and plantations, others they drowned in the ſea, others they killed in the fields upon gibbets and ſcaffolds, for which I will drive them out of their houſes, as ſheep are driven in a ſtormy day before the ſtorm, ſeeking for ſhelter, but finding none;"
"4thly, A Stone cut out of the Mountain, ſhould come down, and God ſhould be avenged on the great ones of the Earth, and the Inhabitants of the Land, for their Wickedneſs; and then the Church ſhould come forth with a bony Bairn-time at her Back, of young Ones; […]"

Etymology

From Scots bairntime, from Middle English barntem, from Old English bearntēam. Influenced by time.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: bairntime, barntem, bearntēam

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

bairn-times (plural)

Questions

What does bairn-time mean?: Offspring; the group of all offspring.
Where does bairn-time come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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