Bairn is Scots, Scottish English, and Northern English for a child. It originated in Old English as `bearn`, becoming chiefly Scottish circa 1700. Cain bairns are children seized by witches and warlocks as tribute for the devil. ==Examples of use== Examples of the term`s use include the phrase `Jock Tamson`s Bairns` as an idiomatic expressio... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bairn
Bairn (bârn) noun [ Scot. bairn , Anglo-Saxon bearn , from beran to bear; akin to Icelandic , Old Saxon , & Goth. barn . See Bear to support.] A child. [ Scot. & Prov. Eng.] « Has he not well provided for the bairn ? Beau. & Fl. » Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/6