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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Barneteme, -tyme, n. Also: barn-, bairnetyme; bairnteme, [Northern ME. barneteme, -tyme, early ME. barn-, bernteam, OE. bearntéam.] A brood of children; offspring. 1424 Acts II. 8/1.
Our lorde the king, & our lady the quen & thar barnetyme c1420 Wynt. vii. 409.
The barnetyme off that get That Malcolme had off Saynt Margret c1450-2 Howlat 728.
Blissit mot thow be For thi barneteme 1513 Doug. xii. xiii. 134.
Quhilk … Bair at a birth … The Nicht thar moder, that barntyme miserabill 1572 Sempill Sat. P. xxx. 191.
His wickit barnetyme brocht him to mischief 1611-57 Mure I. 68/234.
Fair Diopeia sall … mak thé parent of a bairne-tyme brave 1637 Rutherford Lett. I. 266.
The … blessed bairnteme of the first-born
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