A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Bern], sb. barn, C2, MD; beren, S (12. 263), MD; berne, S; dat., C3, W; bernes, pl., W, W2, P.—AS. bern: ONorth. ber-ern, i.e. barley-house.

Bern; see [Barn].

[ Bernacle], sb. a snaffle for a horse, W2; barnacle, Voc., NED.

[ Bernake], sb. an instrument set on the nose of unruly horses, Voc.; bernak, Prompt.—OF. bernac.

[ Bernake], sb. barnacle, a fabulous kind of goose, S2, MD, NED.—OF. bernaque; cp. Low Lat. bernaca.

[ Bernen], v. to burn, MD, S, S2; barnen, MD, S; bearnen, S; beornen, S; birnen, S; barnde, pt. s., S2; barnd, pp., S2.—AS. beornan. Cf. [Brennen].

[ Bersten], v. to burst, S, C; see [Bresten].

[ Berstles], sb. pl. bristles, C; see [Brystylle].

Berwe; see [Bergh].

Berynes; see [Burinisse].