Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal, not comparable)Childless

Origin

From Middle English barnles, from Old English bearnlēas; equivalent to bairn + -less. Cogn

From Middle English barnles, from Old English bearnlēas; equivalent to bairn + -less. Cognate with West Frisian bernleas (“childless”).

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