bein
AdjektivAdverbVerbin Dialogen belegt
- //biːn//
Wealthy; well-to-do.
Adjektiv
- 1
Wealthy; well-to-do.
a bein farmer
- 2
Well provided; comfortable; cosy.
Herkunft
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.
Adverb
- 1
Comfortably.
Verb
- 1
To render or make comfortable.
- 2
To dry.
Formen
- Komparativ
- more bein
- Superlativ
- most bein
- Präteritum
- beined
- Partizip II
- beined
- Partizip I
- beining
- 3. Person Singular
- beins