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 *bhei- (“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.

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.

• 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 form 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

   Hundurinn borðaði bein.

   The dog ate a bone.

• (bone): leggur

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

Old French bien.

bein (comparative miyeu, superlative miyeu)

1. (Jersey) well

• 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
2. a bone

• “bein” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

• IPA^(key): /bæɪn/

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

1. a leg
2. a bone

• “bein” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *bainą.

bein n

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

• Middle High German: bein
  • Alemannic German:

    Swabian: Boi, Boa

  • Bavarian: Boan
  • East Central German:

    Upper Saxon: Been

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

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

bein n (genitive beins, plural bein)

1. leg
2. bone

• Icelandic: bein
• Faroese: bein
• Norwegian: bein
• Swedish: ben
• Danish: ben

• 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)

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

bein m (plural beins)

1. (Sursilvan) farm

• (Puter, Vallader) bain

• (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

bein n

1. Alternative form of bain