bairnhood
(chiefly, _, Scottish) The quality, condition, or state of a bairn ; childhood.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026
(chiefly, _, Scottish) The quality, condition, or state of a bairn ; childhood.
In my bairnhood I would often linger in the glens where they dwelt, to jeer at them.” “Truly, yours was a wild boyhood, Olvir. You have yet told me little of it.” “A merry bairnhood, though Otkar's was a heavy hand.”
Origin: Borrowed from , equivalent to. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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