bein

• been, bene
• bien (Scotland)

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.

• IPA^(key): /biːn/

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• Homophones: bean, been

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.

• beinly

bein (comparative more bein, superlative most bein)

1. (Now chiefly dialectal) Comfortably.

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.

• Beni, Bien, bine

From Latin bene.

bein (comparative meus, superlative meus)

1. well

• bon

From Latin bene.

bein m (plural beins, antonym mau)

1. good

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

• IPA^(key): [bain]

bein n (genitive singular beins, plural bein)

1. leg
2. bone

bein

1. instructive plural of bee

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeiːn/
• Rhymes: -eiːn

bein n (genitive singular beins, nominative plural bein)

1. bone

   Synonym: leggur

   Hundurinn borðaði bein. ― The dog ate a bone.

• hafa bein í nefinu
• inn við beinið
• fílabein
• viðbein
• bringubein
• mannabein
• beinhvítur
• beinharður
• bringubein
• brjóstbein

Inherited from Old High German bein, from Proto-West Germanic *bain, from Proto-Germanic *bainą, from *bainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂-.

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈbei̯n/

bein n

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

• Alemannic German:
  • Swabian: Boi, Boa
• Bavarian:
  • Bavarian: Boan
  • Mòcheno: poa
• Central Franconian: Been
  • Hunsrik: Been
  • Luxembourgish: Been
• East Central German:
  • Upper Saxon German: Been, Baa
• German: Bein
• Vilamovian: baan
• Yiddish: ביין (beyn)

• Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

• byin (continental)

From Old French bien.

bein (comparative miyeu, superlative miyeu)

1. (Jersey) well

• bétôt

• ben

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

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

1. a leg

   Mennesker har to bein.

   Humans have two legs.

2. a bone

   Skelettet består av mange bein.

   The skeleton consists of many bones.

• “bein” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /bɛɪːn/, [bɛ̞ɪ̯ːn], [bæɪ̯ːn], [ba̝ɪ̯ːn]

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

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

1. a leg
2. a bone

From Old Norse beinn. Attested in Christen Jensøn’s Norwegian dictionary (1646). Also used in Danish texts by Petter Dass.

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

1. straight

   Synonyms: rak, rett

   • 1646, Christen Jenssøn, Den Norske Dictionarium Eller Glosebog, Vdi huilcken indeholdis mange Norske Gloser, oc Daglige Tale, atskillige Redskaber, Fuglis oc Fiskes, saa oc Diurs Naffne, som i Norge findis oc kaldis., page 93:

     Raake er at ramme, & Raake beint, i.e. skiude vist.

     «Råke» is to hit, & Hit straight, i.e. to shoot certain.

   • 1646, Christen Jenssøn, Den Norske Dictionarium Eller Glosebog, Vdi huilcken indeholdis mange Norske Gloser, oc Daglige Tale, atskillige Redskaber, Fuglis oc Fiskes, saa oc Diurs Naffne, som i Norge findis oc kaldis., page 19:

     Beint i. e. Ret. Saasom It beint Træ. Item Beint Fram / i. e. retfrem.

     «Beint» means straight, like «a straight tree». Also, «Beint fram» means straight forward.

• “bein” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *bain, from Proto-Germanic *bainą, from *bainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂-.

bein n

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲenʲ/

bein

1. accusative singular of ben

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

bein n (genitive beins, plural bein)

1. leg
2. bone

• Icelandic: bein
• Faroese: bein
• Norn: ben
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bein
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: bein
• Old Swedish: bēn
  • Swedish: ben
• Old Danish: ben
  • Danish: ben
    • Norwegian Bokmål: ben
• Elfdalian: bien
• Old Gutnish: bain
  • Gutnish: bain

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “bein”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

From Latin bene.

bein

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

• bain (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader)
• bagn (Sutsilvan, Surmiran)

bein m (plural beins)

1. (Sursilvan) farm

• bain (Puter, Vallader)

• (Rumantsch Grischun) bain puril, (Sursilvan) bein puril
• (Rumantsch Grischun) puraria, (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) purareia, (Vallader) pauraria
• (Sutsilvan) manaschi da purs
• (Surmiran) curt purila

bein

1. present participle of be