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bearn-eácen

  • adjective
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bearn-eácen, [bearn a child, eácen increased]
Increased, pregnant; auctus, gravidus
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  • 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
    • .
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eácan
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  • bearn-eácen, adj.