bairnheid

Scots

Alternative forms

• barnehede, bairnheed, bairnhood

Etymology

bairn +‎ -heid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bernhid/, /bɛrnhid/

Noun

bairnheid (plural bairnheids)

1. childhood

   A mind that frae ma bairnheid.

   I remember that from my childhood.

Descendants

• English: bairnhood

References

• “bairnheid, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 23 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.
• “barnehede, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 23 May 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.