Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Bairn

Bairn (bârn) , noun

[Scot. bairn, Anglo-Saxon bearn, from beran to bear; akin to Icelandic, Old Saxon, & Gothic barn. See Bear to support.]

A child. [Scottish & Provincial English]
Has he not well provided for the bairn? — Beau. & Fl