bearnteam

Old English

Etymology

From bearn (“child”) +‎ tēam (“family, offspring”).

Noun

bearntēam m

  1. a succession of children; issue, posterity
  2. progeny, offspring
  3. childbearing, procreation

Declension
Declension of bearnteam (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative bearntēam bearntēamas
accusative bearntēam bearntēamas
genitive bearntēames bearntēama
dative bearntēame bearntēamum

Descendants
  • Middle English: barntem
    • English: bairn-team
    • Scots: bairn-time (influenced by time)

References
  • bearntēam in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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