Barn

Old Icelandic Dictionary - barn

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "barn" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

barn Old Icelandic word can mean:

barn
n.
barn
1) bairn, child; vera með ~i, to be with child; ganga með ~i, to go with child; ~s hafandi or hafandi at ~i, with child, pregnant; frá blautu ~i, from one’s tender years;
barn
2) = mannsbarn; hvert ~, every man, every living soul.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛅᚱᚾ

Abbreviations used:

n.
neuter.

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