Bearn-eácen

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - bearn-eácen

According to the Old English Dictionary:

bearn a child, eácen increased

bearn-eácen
Increased, pregnant; auctus, gravidus :-- Bearneácen wíf þrówaþ micel earfoðu a pregnant woman suffers much trouble, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 2, note 2, Cott: L. Alf. pol. 9; Th. i. 66, 23. DER. eácan. bearn-eacen
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