berne

• IPA^(key): /bɛʁn/

berne f (plural bernes)

1. (obsolete) Hazing inflicted on someone by tossing into the air on a blanket.
2. (by extension) The blanket itself.

• en berne

berne

1. first-person singular present indicative of berner
2. third-person singular present indicative of berner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of berner
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of berner
5. second-person singular imperative of berner

• “berne” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

berne

1. Compound of bere and ne.

From Old English beorn; probably from Proto-Germanic *bernuz.

• burne, bern, byrne, birne, biern, beorn

• (Early ME) IPA^(key): /bøːrn/
• IPA^(key): /beːrn/, /bɛrn/

berne

1. A man or human.
2. A knight, soldier or warrior.
3. A lord or noble.

This noun was frequently conflated with baroun in later Middle English.

• “bē̆rn (n.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-16.

From Old English bereærn.

berne

1. Alternative form of bern (“barn”)

From Old English bearn.

berne

1. Alternative form of barn (“child”)

Usually explained as a corruption of verme (“worm”), but it could instead be from a Guaraní word.

berne m (plural bernes)

1. bot (larva of a bot fly)