bareyne

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman baraing, baraigne (continental Old French brehaigne),[1] of unknown origin, but perhaps borrowed from a Germanic language, from Frankish *baʀ (“bare, naked”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈræi̯n(ə)/[2]
  • IPA(key): /ˈbarɛn(ə)/, /ˈbarin(ə)/ (reduced)

Adjective

bareyne

  1. infertile, sterile (unable to give birth)
  2. childless (lacking children)
  3. unproductive (of plants, soils, or times)
  4. unthinking, stupid (having no intellect)
  5. lacking, having no (strength, grace, etc.)
  6. (rare) wasted, destitute, abandoned

Descendants

  • English: barren
  • Scots: barren

References

  1. ^ “barain(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. ^ Nöjd, Ruben (1919), “Stressed Vowels and Diphthongs”, in The vocalism of Romanic words in Chaucer‎[1], Part II, Uppsala: Appelbergs Boktryckeri Aktiebolag, →OCLC, page 115.
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