baby

English: baby, babby, babbie (see there for further descendants)

Scots: babbie


child

enm-noun

child (plural children or childre or child or childres, dative childe)

children (plural)
childre (plural)
child (plural)
childres (plural)
childe (dative)

English: child

Scots: child; chield

From Old English ċild, from Proto-Germanic *kelþaz.

A baby, infant, toddler; a person in infancy.

(Christianity) The Christ child; Jesus as a child.


barn

English: barn (obsolete, dialectal)

Geordie English: bairn

Scots: bairn
→ English: bairn

Yola: barrn

Inherited from Old English bearn, from Proto-West Germanic *barn, from Proto-Germanic *barną.

Hit tidde after on a time · as tellus our bokes / as þis bold barn his beſtes · blybeliche keped[…]

c. 1335-1361, William of Palerne (MS. King's College 13), folio 6, recto, lines 198-199; republished as W. W. Skeat, editor, The Romance of William of Palerne, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1867, →OCLC, page 12:

Afterwards, as our books record, it happened one day that / while this brave child was peacefully looking after his animals […]


babe

English: babe, bab

→ Irish: báb

→ Welsh: baban


clout

English: clout

Scots: clout, cloot

From Old English clūt, from Proto-West Germanic *klūt, from Proto-Germanic *klūtaz. Compare cloud.

Cloth for wrapping babies; swaddling clothes.


knave

English: knave

Middle Scots: knave, knafe, knaif

Scots: knave

→ Middle Welsh: cnaf

Welsh: cnaf

From Old English cnafa, from Proto-Germanic *knabô. Compare knape.


foster

English: foster

Scots: foster

Inherited from Old English fōster, from Proto-West Germanic *fōstr, from Proto-Germanic *fōstrą; reinforced by Old English fōstre (“fosterer”). The vocalism is due to regular shortening before a three-consonant cluster (in the Old English oblique stem fōstr-).


kyn

English: kin

Scots: kin

From Old English cynn, from Proto-West Germanic *kuni, from Proto-Germanic *kunją.

One's relations or kin:
One's descendants or offspring.


swathing

English: swathing


gome

English: gome

Scots: gome

Inherited from Old English guma, from Proto-West Germanic *gumō, from Proto-Germanic *gumô, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ.

And þus bigynneth þes gomes · to greden ful heiȝ.

c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section II:

And thus began these men · to cry out full high.^(Verification Needed)

Some towns wex near toom, In the which woned many a gome.

Some towns wax near empty, In which lived many a man.^(Verification Needed)

To the, ihesu, I make my mone; / ffarwell! comly, of cors so cleyn! / ffarwel! gracyouse gome! where so thou gone, / fful mekill grace is to the geyn;

15th c., “Iohannes baptista [John the Baptist]”, in Wakefield Mystery Plays; Re-edited in George England, Alfred W. Pollard, editors, The Towneley Plays (Early English Text Society Extra Series; LXXI), London: […] Oxford University Press, 1897, →OCLC, page 203, lines 267–270:

To thee, Jesus, I make my lamentation: farewell, pleasing [man], so clean of body! Farewell, gracious man! Wheresoever thou goest, you will gain much grace

(rare) A male hireling, assistant or underling


childly

English: childly

From Old English ċildlīċ; equivalent to child + -ly.


gerle

English: girl (see there for further descendants)

Scots: girle (obsolete)

Yola: gurl


knyght

English: knight

Scots: knicht

Yola: nickht

From Old English cniht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.


grome

English: groom

→ Dutch: groom

Scots: grome, grume, greem

→ Old French: gromme, groume

⇒ Old French: groumet

Middle French: gourmet

French: gourmet

→ English: gourmet

→ Icelandic: grómr, gromr

From Old English *grōma, from Proto-West Germanic *grōmō (“growth, tumor, stomach swelling”). Compare Middle Dutch grom, Old Norse grómr, gromr, and Old French gromme. Suggested to be either from the same root as growen (“to grow”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *grō-, with a noun-forming suffix *-m-.

inh

A male child of any age (ranging from infancy to the start of adulthood).


norice

desc

English: nurse (obsolete norice, nourice, nourse)

Scots: nourice, nuirice

Borrowed from Old French norrice, from Late Latin nūtrīcia, ultimately from Latin nūtrīx.

A person (usually a woman) employed to take care of one's children; a nanny.

A person who breastfeeds a child; a wet-nurse.

(rare, Christianity) Mary as the guardian of Jesus.

Slepynge longe in greet quiete is eek a greet norice to Leccherie

1394, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Parson's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales:

A long and peaceful sleep is also a true encourager of profligacy.

(by extension) A proponent or engenderer (of a quality, behaviour, etc.)

An animal or plant as a caretaker of its offspring.


kynrede

English: kindred

Scots: kindred

From Old English cynrǣden; equivalent to kyn + -rede. For forms with -nd-, compare the development of thonder, gandre.


popet

English: puppet, poppet

Probably from Middle French poupette, though it antedates it.

He in the wast is shape as wel as I; / This were a popet in an arm t’enbrace / For any womman smal and fair of face!

c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, Prologue to "Sir Thopas", lines 700–702 (Ellesmere):

He in the waist is made as nice as I; / This would be a popet in one's arms to embrace / For any woman small and fair of face!


infaunt

English: infant


tharm

English: tharm

Scots: thairm, tharm

From Old English þearm.
Cognate to Old Frisian therm, Middle Low German darm, Middle Dutch darm, daerm, derm, Middle High German darm, Old Swedish tharmber, and Ancient Greek τόρμος (tórmos).

(rare) A child; one of one's immediate offspring or descendants.


ladde

English: lad

Scots: lad

Probably from North Germanic, possibly Old Norse ladd (“hose, woolen stocking”); according to Liberman, words for socks, shoes, and stockings were used pejoratively as nicknames for fools. See also Swedish ladder (“old shoes”), lodde (“Frisian shoe”), lädder (“socks”), all said to be related to Old Norse loðinn (“hairy, shaggy, woolly”).

cog

A lad or boy; a male human child (including babies)


knape

English: knape

Scots: knape, knaip

From Old English cnapa, from Proto-West Germanic *knappō.


boye

English: boy

Scots: boy

Yola: bye, buye

From Old English *bōia, from Proto-Germanic *bōjô.

þe boye hit scholde abugge
Horn þreu him ouer þe brigge.

The boy should pay for it; Horn threw him over the bridge.

servant, attendant (especially if young)


knave child

enm-noun

knave child (plural knave children or knave childre)

knave children (plural)
knave childre (plural)

English: knave-child (archaic)


barnhede

(Late Middle English) The duration when one is a child; childhood.


barnles

English: bairnless

Scots: bairnless

From Old English bearnlēas; equivalent to barn (“child”) + -les.


barntem

English: bairn-team

Scots: bairn-time (influenced by time)

Inherited from Old English bearntēam; equivalent to barn (“child”) + tem (“group”).


reren

reren (infinitive)
to reren (infinitive)
rere (infinitive)
rere (first-person present singular)
rered (first-person past singular)
rerest (present second-person singular)
reredest (past second-person singular)
rereth (present singular third-person)
rered (past singular third-person)
rere (present singular subjunctive)
rered (past singular subjunctive)
rere (imperative present singular)
reren (plural present)
rere (plural present)
rereden (past plural)
rerede (past plural)
rereth (imperative plural present)
rere (imperative plural present)
rerynge (participle present)
rerende (participle present)
rered (participle past)
yrered (participle past)

English: rear

Scots: rere, reir

From Old English rǣran, from Proto-West Germanic *raiʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *raisijaną, *raizijaną. Doublet of reysen.

To raise or rear creatures or offspring; to mother or father.


noricerie

English: nursery

Scots: norsery

Borrowed from Middle French nourricerie; equivalent to norice + -erie.

(rare) A nursery (place where children are cared for)


norischen

norischen (infinitive)
to norischen (infinitive)
norische (infinitive)
norische (first-person present singular)
norisched (first-person past singular)
norischest (present second-person singular)
norischedest (past second-person singular)
norischeth (present singular third-person)
norisched (past singular third-person)
norische (present singular subjunctive)
norisched (past singular subjunctive)
norische (imperative present singular)
norischen (plural present)
norische (plural present)
norischeden (past plural)
norischede (past plural)
norischeth (imperative plural present)
norische (imperative plural present)
norischynge (participle present)
norischende (participle present)
norisched (participle past)
ynorisched (participle past)

English: nourish

Scots: nourish

From Old French nouriss-, stem of norrir, from Latin nūtriō.

To nourish; to provide with food or nourishment.

To breastfeed; to provide with breastmilk.

To give birth; to reproduce or create offspring.


norisshyng

(rare) Reproduction; giving birth or producing offspring.


norischer

English: nourisher

Borrowed from Old French norrisseor; equivalent to norischen + -er.

(rare) A person who educates and fosters a child.


norisshement

English: nourishment

Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French norrissement; equivalent to norischen + -ment.


norischaunt

Borrowed from Old French norrissant; equivalent to norischen + -ant.


norture

English: nurture

Scots: norter, nortar

Borrowed from Old French norriture, from Late Latin nūtrītūra.

The bringing up of a child; nurture or raising.

Courteousness, etiquette, customs, politeness.


norturen

norturen (infinitive)
to norturen (infinitive)
norture (infinitive)
norture (first-person present singular)
nortured (first-person past singular)
norturest (present second-person singular)
norturedest (past second-person singular)
nortureth (present singular third-person)
nortured (past singular third-person)
norture (present singular subjunctive)
nortured (past singular subjunctive)
norture (imperative present singular)
norturen (plural present)
norture (plural present)
nortureden (past plural)
norturede (past plural)
nortureth (imperative plural present)
norture (imperative plural present)
norturynge (participle present)
norturende (participle present)
nortured (participle past)
ynortured (participle past)

English: nurture

Scots: norter

From norture + -en (infinitival suffix).


souken

souken (infinitive)
to souken (infinitive)
souke (infinitive)
souke (first-person present singular)
sek (first-person past singular)
sok (first-person past singular)
souked (first-person past singular)
soukest (present second-person singular)
soke (past second-person singular)
sek (past second-person singular)
sok (past second-person singular)
soukedest (past second-person singular)
souketh (present singular third-person)
sek (past singular third-person)
sok (past singular third-person)
souked (past singular third-person)
souke (present singular subjunctive)
soke (past singular subjunctive)
souked (past singular subjunctive)
souke (imperative present singular)
souken (plural present)
souke (plural present)
soken (past plural)
soke (past plural)
soukeden (past plural)
soukede (past plural)
souketh (imperative plural present)
souke (imperative plural present)
soukynge (participle present)
soukende (participle present)
soken (participle past)
soke (participle past)
souked (participle past)
ysoken (participle past)
ysoke (participle past)
ysouked (participle past)

English: suck

Scots: souke

Inherited from Old English sūcan, sūgan, from Proto-West Germanic *sūkan, *sūgan, from Proto-Germanic *sūkaną, *sūganą.

To suck (to draw with the mouth):
To breastfeed (of an infant)


swathlen

swathlen (infinitive)
to swathlen (infinitive)
swathle (infinitive)
swathle (first-person present singular)
swathled (first-person past singular)
swathlest (present second-person singular)
swathledest (past second-person singular)
swathleth (present singular third-person)
swathled (past singular third-person)
swathle (present singular subjunctive)
swathled (past singular subjunctive)
swathle (imperative present singular)
swathlen (plural present)
swathle (plural present)
swathleden (past plural)
swathlede (past plural)
swathleth (imperative plural present)
swathle (imperative plural present)
swathlynge (participle present)
swathlende (participle present)
swathled (participle past)
yswathled (participle past)

English: swaddle

Scots: sweel

From swathel + -en (infinitival suffix).

To swaddle; to bind a baby in strips of cloth.


swaþelynge

English: swaddling

Scots: sweelin


swathen

swathen (infinitive)
to swathen (infinitive)
swathe (infinitive)
swathe (first-person present singular)
swathed (first-person past singular)
swathest (present second-person singular)
swathedest (past second-person singular)
swatheth (present singular third-person)
swathed (past singular third-person)
swathe (present singular subjunctive)
swathed (past singular subjunctive)
swathe (imperative present singular)
swathen (plural present)
swathe (plural present)
swatheden (past plural)
swathede (past plural)
swatheth (imperative plural present)
swathe (imperative plural present)
swathynge (participle present)
swathende (participle present)
swathed (participle past)
yswathed (participle past)

English: swathe

From Old English *swaþian, *sweþan; equivalent to swathe (“strip”) + -en (infinitival suffix).


childhode

English: childhood

Scots: childheid (obsolete)

From Old English ċildhād; equivalent to child + -hede.

(rare) The state of being someone's offspring.


childles

English: childless


childissh

English: childish

From Old English ċildisċ; equivalent to child + -yssh.


childen

childen (infinitive)
to childen (infinitive)
childe (infinitive)
childe (first-person present singular)
childed (first-person past singular)
childest (present second-person singular)
childedest (past second-person singular)
childeth (present singular third-person)
childed (past singular third-person)
childe (present singular subjunctive)
childed (past singular subjunctive)
childe (imperative present singular)
childen (plural present)
childe (plural present)
childeden (past plural)
childede (past plural)
childeth (imperative plural present)
childe (imperative plural present)
childynge (participle present)
childende (participle present)
childed (participle past)
ychilded (participle past)

English: child (verb) (archaic)

(transitive, intransitive) To give birth to a child; to beget or procreate.


chesen

chesen (infinitive)
to chesen (infinitive)
chese (infinitive)
chese (first-person present singular)
chees (first-person past singular)
chas (first-person past singular)
chesest (present second-person singular)
chose (past second-person singular)
chees (past second-person singular)
chas (past second-person singular)
cheseth (present singular third-person)
chees (past singular third-person)
chas (past singular third-person)
chese (present singular subjunctive)
chose (past singular subjunctive)
chese (imperative present singular)
chesen (plural present)
chese (plural present)
chosen (past plural)
chose (past plural)
cheseth (imperative plural present)
chese (imperative plural present)
chesynge (participle present)
chesende (participle present)
chosen (participle past)
ychosen (participle past)
chose (participle past)
ychose (participle past)
coren (participle past)
ycoren (participle past)
core (participle past)
ycore (participle past)
corn (participle past)
ycorn (participle past)

English: choose

Scots: chuise, cheese

From Old English ċēosan, from Proto-West Germanic *keusan, from Proto-Germanic *keusaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews-.
The variant with /eː/ shows the regular development of the Old English diphthong. The variant with /oː/ (the source of the modern form) is from an unattested Old English variant in which the stress was shifted to the second element of the diphthong. Compare with a similar development in shoten, which has /eː/ and /oː/ after a palatal consonant.


infancie

English: infancy

From Latin īnfantia and Old French enfance.


cradel

English: cradle

Scots: cradle, craddle, creddle

From Old English cradol, from Proto-West Germanic *kradul, from Proto-Germanic *kradulaz. Compare cart.


bareyne

English: barren

Scots: barren

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


youthe

q

obsolete <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">yought</i>

English: youth (obsolete yought)

desc

Middle Scots: ȝouthe, ȝouth, ȝowth, ȝewth, youth

Scots: youth

From the oblique forms of Old English ġeoguþ ([ˈju.ɣuθ]), from Proto-West Germanic *jugunþi, from Proto-Germanic *jugunþiz; loosely equivalent to yong + -the (abstract nominal suffix). Compare yongthe.
Notes on phonological development (compare droghte and douthe, which this word's development closely parallels)
Forms with /ð/ continue the consonantism of the Old English oblique forms (from Old English [ɣð]), while forms in /θ/ mostly represent final devoicing of /ð/. Unlike in droghte, these two form types predominate in Middle English; the forms with /xt/ and /xθ/ (from early syncope in the Old English nominative singular ġeoguþ, then levelling of the resulting consonantism to the oblique forms) are much rarer.
Shortening of the long vowel was regular in all variants of this word in Late Old English, either due to the trisyllabicity of inflected forms or because of the following consonant cluster; in forms with /ð/, /θ/, the long vowel reflects a regular change from /uɣ/ to /uː/, while in those with /xt/, /xθ/, it is due to lengthening before /x/. Some Middle English varieties apparently underwent a change of /juː/ to /jiu̯/; Modern English (and Scots) /juːθ/ can reflect either the changed or unchanged form. In Early Modern English, forms with a short vowel (/jʊθ/) are recorded; these may originate from shortening in youthhede. However, there is no evidence that such forms existed in Middle English.

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Youth (part of life following childhood):

(rare) The youth or childhood of an animal.

(rare) The early stage of an institution or phenomenon.