definition of the word bairn

• IPA: /bɛ:n/

Old Norse barn and Old English (Anglian dialect) bearn. Compare West Frisian bern.

bairn (plural bairns)

1. (Northumbrian, Scotland, and parts of Northern England) A child or baby.

• The New Geordie Dictionary, Frank Graham, 1987, ISBN 0946928118
• Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [1]
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893-4[2]
• Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[3]
• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ISBN 1904794165
• "bairn" in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
• “bairn” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Old English bearn.

• IPA: /bern/

bairn (plural bairns)

1. child, baby

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