Bern

Old English Dictionary Entry

Bern

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: bere-ærn. bern

Definitions

1 bern

n. A barn; horreum :-- Nabbaþ ða hrefnas héddern ne bern the ravens have not store-house nor barn [cellarium neque horreum], Lk. Bos. 12, 24 : 12, 18 : 3, 17 : Mt. Bos. 3, 12 : 13, 30. Bern horreum, Ælfc. Gl. 109; Som. 78, 131.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖᚱᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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