bareyne
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Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Anglo-Norman baraing, baraigne (continental Old French brehaigne), of unknown origin, but perhaps borrowed from a Germanic language, from Frankish *baʀ (“bare, naked”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]bareyne
- infertile, sterile (unable to give birth)
- childless (lacking children)
- unproductive (of plants, soils, or times)
- unthinking, stupid (having no intellect)
- lacking, having no (strength, grace, etc.)
- (rare) wasted, destitute, abandoned
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “barain(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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