adjective
bein
been
adjective
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A dialect word (mainly Scots) meaning comfortable, well-off, or cosy.
"They lived in a bein little cottage by the loch."
How to Use Bein
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishComfortable and well-off — an old Scots dialect word, rarely used outside that context.
When to use it
Dialectal/archaic; found mainly in Scots English.
Word Forms
more bein comparative, more bein comparative, beined past tense, beins singular, most bein superlative, most bein superlative
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Etymology
From Middle English been/bene ("pleasant, generous"), possibly linked to Old Norse beinn ("straight, favourable").