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[Paul Johnston]

Yes, it's a cognate:  OE bearn.

I take it that -lein is also a double diminutive  =  -ila + -iina.
Hence, Alemannic -li, too.

Paul Johnston
On Jun 20, 2007, at 1:21 PM, sagehen wrote:

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>> And -ila is a common diminutive/hypocoristic suffix with names
>> (including the just-mentioned bishop/translator, connected to 'wolf')
>> and beyond (like barnilo, 'little kid').
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> Is Scottish "bairn" related?    ( Or is that kid as in goat?)
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