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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.

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.

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.

From Latin bene.

bein (comparative meus, superlative meus)

  1. well

From Latin bene.

bein m (plural beins, antonym mau)

  1. good

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

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.

bein n (genitive singular beins, nominative plural bein)

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

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

    • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈbɛi̯n/

    bein n

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

    From Old French bien.

    bein (comparative miyeu, superlative miyeu)

    1. (Jersey) well

    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.

    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

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

      bein n

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

      bein

      1. accusative singular of ben
      Mutation of bein
      radical lenition nasalization
      bein bein
      pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/       		mbein

      Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
      All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

      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
      • 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)

      bein m (plural beins)

      1. (Sursilvan) farm

      bein

      1. present participle of be