"bairnless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Middle English barnles, from Old English bearnlēas; equivalent to bairn + -less. Cognate with West Frisian bernleas (“childless”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|barnles}} Middle English barnles, {{inh|en|ang|bearnlēas}} Old English bearnlēas, {{suffix|en|bairn|less}} bairn + -less, {{cog|fy|bernleas||childless}} West Frisian bernleas (“childless”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} bairnless (not comparable)
  1. (chiefly dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) childless Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-bairnless-en-adj-dMhLBl25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less, Northern England English, Scottish English

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