Editing Barn (section)

==Etymology==
The word ''barn'' comes from the [[Old English]] {{lang|ang|bere}}, for barley (or grain in general), and {{lang|ang|aern}}, for a storage place—thus, a storehouse for barley.<ref>{{cite OED2| barn }}</ref> The word {{lang|ang|bere-ern}}, also spelled ''bern'' and ''bearn'', is attested to at least sixty times in [[homilies]] and other [[Old English literature|Old English prose]].<ref name=frantzen>{{Cite book| publisher = Boydell & Brewer Ltd| isbn = 978-1-84383-908-8| last = Frantzen| first = Allen J.| title = Food, Eating and Identity in Early Medieval England| date = 2014 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5tTCAwAAQBAJ |page=65}}</ref> The related words ''bere-tun'' and ''bere-flor'' both meant [[threshing]] floor. ''Bere-tun'' also meant [[granary]]; the literal translation of ''bere-tun'' is "grain enclosure". While the only literary attestation of ''bere-hus'' (also granary) comes from the ''Dialogi'' of [[Gregory the Great]], there are four known mentions of ''bere-tun'' and two of ''bere-flor''. ''A Thesaurus of Old English'' lists {{lang|ang|bere-ærn}} and {{lang|ang|melu-hudern}} ("meal-store house") as synonyms for barn.<ref name=frantzen /><ref>{{Cite web| title = A Thesaurus of Old English :: barn| access-date = 2018-08-29| url = https://oldenglishthesaurus.arts.gla.ac.uk/category/?type=search&qsearch=barn&word=barn&page=1#id=6736}}</ref><ref>Bosworth, J.. ''A Dictionary of the Anglo-Saxon Language''.... London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1838. 50. Print.</ref>