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. a 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

From Old High German bein, from Proto-West Germanic *bain, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.

bein n

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

• Alemannic German:

  Swabian: Boi, Boa

• Bavarian: Boan
• Central Franconian: Been, Bein

  Hunsrik: Been

  Luxembourgish: Been

• East Central German:

  Upper Saxon German: Been

• German: Bein
• Vilamovian: baan
• Yiddish: ביין (beyn)

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

• byin (France)

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

   Skeletttet består av mange bein.

   The skeleton consists of many bones.

• “bein” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

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

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

1. a leg
2. a bone

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

1. straight

• “bein” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

bein n

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

• Middle High German: bein
  • Alemannic German:

    Swabian: Boi, Boa

  • Bavarian: Boan
  • Central Franconian: Been, Bein

    Hunsrik: Been

    Luxembourgish: Been

  • East Central German:

    Upper Saxon German: Been

  • German: Bein
  • Vilamovian: baan
  • Yiddish: ביין (beyn)

• IPA^(key): /bʲenʲ/

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
• Danish: ben
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ben
• Elfdalian: bein
• Old Gutnish: bain
  • Gutnish: bain

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

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