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Old English bearn (inherited)
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Middle English bern (alter)
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Middle English bearn (alter)
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Middle English bærn (alter)
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Middle English barne (alter)
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Middle English berne (alter)
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Middle English baren (alter)
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Proto-Germanic *barną (inherited)
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Proto-West Germanic *barn (inherited)
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English bairn (mention)
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Middle English barnen (affix)
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Middle English bern (alter)
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Scots bairn (inherited)