bairnheid
Scots
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bernhid/, /bɛrnhid/
Noun
bairnheid (plural bairnheids)
- 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.