bein

English

Alternative forms

• been, bene
• bien (Scotland)

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 *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.

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

• beinly

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; dry.

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Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: [bain]

Noun

bein n (genitive singular beins, plural bein)

1. leg
2. bone

Declension

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

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Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpeiːn/

  Rhymes: -eiːn

Noun

bein n (genitive singular beins, plural bein)

1. a bone

   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

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

Synonyms

• (bone): leggur

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Norwegian

Etymology

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

Alternative forms

• ben (Bokmål)

Noun

bein n

1. leg, bone

Inflection

    Inflection of bein

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål n	bein	beinet	bein	beina/beinene
Nynorsk n	bein	beinet	bein	beina [beini]

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Old Norse

Etymology

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

Noun

bein

1. leg
2. bone

Descendants

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

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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

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

Etymology 2

Noun

bein m (plural beins)

1. (Sursilvan) farm

Alternative forms

• (Puter, Vallader) bain

Synonyms

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

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Scots

Verb

bein

1. Present participle of be.