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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Anglo-Norman baraing, baraigne (continental Old French brehaigne),[1] of unknown origin, but perhaps borrowed from a Germanic language, from Frankish *baʀ (bare, naked).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /baˈræi̯n(ə)/[2]
  • IPA(key): /ˈbarɛn(ə)/, /ˈbarin(ə)/ (reduced)

Adjective

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bareyne

  1. infertile, sterile (unable to give birth)
  2. childless (lacking children)
  3. unproductive (of plants, soils, or times)
  4. unthinking, stupid (having no intellect)
  5. lacking, having no (strength, grace, etc.)
  6. (rare) wasted, destitute, abandoned

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References

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  1. ^ barain(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. ^ Nöjd, Ruben (1919), “Stressed Vowels and Diphthongs”, in The vocalism of Romanic words in Chaucer[1], Part II, Uppsala: Appelbergs Boktryckeri Aktiebolag, →OCLC, page 115.