I discovered this word in a story, I looked it up in the dictionary, but there was no answer on this word. Is it somekind of places? definition?
2007-05-24 10:18:08 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
In England, "bairns" are usually a country way of saying "children".
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2007-05-24 10:23:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My dictionary lists Bairns as children
2007-05-24 17:21:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bairns is often used in English novels and is a reference to children
2007-05-24 17:26:28 · answer #3 · answered by Cyndyn 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bairn = a child. Scottish, I believe.
2007-05-24 17:21:37 · answer #4 · answered by sonyack 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bairns----babies, children. It's used in Scotland. I would expect it would have some Celtic or Gaelic derivation.
2007-05-24 17:26:37 · answer #5 · answered by thepeskywabbit 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a Scottish word for children.
2007-05-24 17:21:45 · answer #6 · answered by steiner1745 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it means children. However, my parents are Scottish and I never heard them say that word. They said wains (don't know how that should actually be spelled though). I'm sure it is like a contraction for wee ones. Maybe I should ask them?
2007-05-24 18:18:27 · answer #7 · answered by Lynn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a Scottish term for children
2007-05-24 17:27:10 · answer #8 · answered by BRIAN M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it means children in Scottish.... similar to the Nordic (Scandinavian) word for child which is barn...
2007-05-24 21:11:04 · answer #9 · answered by ♦Engelsk•Jente♦ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Young children.
2007-05-24 18:01:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋