† barm-team Obs.
Also berem-tem, barme-teme.
A corruption of bairn-team. (Perh. due to confusion with barm n.1, bosom, lap.)
| c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 3903 Al ðat berem-tem. c 1315 Shoreham 58 He hedde y-brout forthe his bearm-team Wythoute senne i-smaked. c 1430 Chev. Assigne v. 103 And hadde moche rewthe That swyche a barmeteme as y{supt} shulde so betyde. c 1440 Bone Flor. 10 Antenowre was of that barme-teme. |