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bein

  • /biːn/

Sounds like bean, been

Where it comes from

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.

adjective more bein · most bein · been · bene · bien

  1. Wealthy; well-to-do. a bein farmer
  2. Well provided; comfortable; cosy.

adverb more bein · most bein · been · bene · bien

  1. Comfortably.

verb beins · beining · beined · been · bene

  1. Scotland, transitive To render or make comfortable.
  2. Scotland, transitive To dry.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: being, been, gesithcund, wight, betther, bedean, ethelborn, lubish, wester, wealdish, beckfordian, eathy, boughten, birken, beowulfian, workish

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@misc{bein_2026,
  title = {bein},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bein},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}