bein

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English been, beene, bene (“gracious, generous, pleasant”), of unknown origin. Perhaps from Old Norse beinn (“straight, right, favourable, advantageous, convenient, friendly, fair, keen”), from Proto-Germanic *bainaz (“straight”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to hit, beat”).

Cognate with Scots bein, bien (“in good condition, pleasant, well-to-do, cosy, well-stocked, pleasant, keen”), Icelandic beinn (“straight, direct, hospitable”), Norwegian bein (“straight, direct, easy to deal with”). See also bain.

Pronunciation

Adjective

bein (comparative more bein, superlative most bein)

  1. (Now chiefly dialectal) Wealthy; well-to-do.
    a bein farmer
  2. (Now chiefly dialectal) Well provided; comfortable; cosy.

Derived terms

Adverb

bein (comparative more bein, superlative most bein)

  1. (Now chiefly dialectal) Comfortably.

Verb

bein (third-person singular simple present beins, present participle beining, simple past and past participle beined)

  1. (transitive, Scotland) To render or make comfortable.
  2. (transitive, Scotland) To dry.

Anagrams

Bourguignon

Etymology 1

From Latin bene.

Adverb

bein (comparative meus, superlative meus)

  1. well
Related terms

Etymology 2

From Latin bene.

Noun

bein m (plural beins, antonym mau)

  1. good

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse bein, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.

Pronunciation

Noun

bein n (genitive singular beins, plural bein)

  1. leg
  2. bone

Declension

Declension of bein
n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bein beinið bein beinini
accusative bein beinið bein beinini
dative beini beininum beinum beinunum
genitive beins beinsins beina beinanna

Finnish

Noun

bein

  1. instructive plural of bee

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bein, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.

Pronunciation

Noun

bein n (genitive singular beins, nominative plural bein)

  1. a bone
    Synonym: leggur
    Hundurinn borðaði bein. ― The dog ate a bone.

Declension

declension of bein
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bein beinið bein beinin
accusative bein beinið bein beinin
dative beini beininu beinum beinunum
genitive beins beinsins beina beinanna

See also

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French bien.

Adverb

bein (comparative miyeu, superlative miyeu)

  1. (Jersey) well

Related terms

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse bein, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.

Noun

bein n (definite singular beinet, indefinite plural bein, definite plural beina or beinene)

  1. a leg
  2. a bone

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse bein, from Proto-Germanic *bainą. Akin to English bone.

Pronunciation

Noun

bein n (definite singular beinet, indefinite plural bein, definite plural beina)

  1. a leg
  2. a bone

Derived terms

Adjective

bein (neuter beint, definite singular and plural beine, comparative beinare, indefinite superlative beinast, definite superlative beinaste)

  1. straight

References

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bain, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.

Noun

bein n

  1. (anatomy) leg
  2. (anatomy) bone

Declension

Declension of bein (neuter a-stem)
case singular plural
nominative bein bein
accusative bein bein
genitive beines beino
dative beine beinum
instrumental beinu —

Descendants

  • Middle High German: bein
    • Alemannic German:
      Swabian: Boi, Boa
    • Bavarian: Boan
    • East Central German:
      Upper Saxon German: Been
    • German: Bein
    • Luxembourgish: Been
    • Vilamovian: baan
    • Yiddish: ביין (beyn)

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

bein

  1. accusative singular of ben

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
bein bein
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ 		mbein
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bainą. Compare Old English bān, Old Saxon bēn, Old High German bein.

Noun

bein n (genitive beins, plural bein)

  1. leg
  2. bone

Declension

  Declension of bein (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bein beinit bein beinin
accusative bein beinit bein beinin
dative beini beininu beinum beinunum
genitive beins beinsins beina beinanna

Descendants

References

  • “bein”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Romansch

Etymology 1

From Latin bene.

Adverb

bein

  1. (Sursilvan) well
  2. (Sursilvan) beautifully
  3. (Sursilvan) yes (used to disagree with a negative statement)
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Noun

bein m (plural beins)

  1. (Sursilvan) farm
Alternative forms
Synonyms

Scots

Verb

bein

  1. present participle of be
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