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manna bearn

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Old English

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Etymology

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From genitive plural of mann + plural of bearn. Has a parallel in Old Saxon mannō barn, possibly stemming from a Proto-West Germanic *mannō barnu, with a possible analog in Old Norse manna synir.

Noun

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manna bearn n pl (nominative plural manna bearn)

  1. (poetic) "sons of men"; mankind

Declension

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Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative bearn
accusative bearn
genitive bearna
dative bearnum