bairn
noun
- young child
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /bɛərn/ / [bern] / [bɛrn]
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Scots bairn, from Middle English bern, barn, from Old English bearn, from Proto-West Germanic *barn, from Proto-Germanic *barną. Doublet of barn. Compare West Frisian bern.
- A child or baby.
“She moved about the country like a ghost, gathering herbs in dark loanings, lingering in kirkyairds, and casting a blight on innocent bairns.”
“They say that a shag is good for an unborn child, they get the circulation of blood, or some shite. The least ah kin dae is take an interest in the bairn’s welfare.”
verb
Etymology: Borrowed from Scots bairn, from Middle English bern, barn, from Old English bearn, from Proto-West Germanic *barn, from Proto-Germanic *barną. Doublet of barn. Compare West Frisian bern.
- To get (someone) pregnant.
“Go and kick the man that bairned your Nancy.”
“Just because he's signed up fir the fuckin army again, six bastard years this time, and bairned some slag.”