different between blin vs bein

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bl?n/
• Rhymes: -?n

Etymology 1

From Middle English blinnen, from Old English blinnan (“to stop, cease”), from Proto-Germanic *bilinnan? (“to turn aside, swerve from”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley-, *leya- (“to deflect, turn away, vanish, slip”); equivalent to be- +? lin. Cognate with Old High German bilinnan (“to yield, stop, forlet, give away”), Old Norse linna (Swedish dialectal linna, “to pause, rest”). See also lin.

Verb

blin (third-person singular simple present blins, present participle blinning, simple past blinned or blan, past participle blinned or blun)

1. (obsolete, especially Scotland, Northumbria, Yorkshire) To cease (from); to stop; to desist, to let up.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.v:

     nathemore for that spectacle bad, / Did th'other two their cruell vengeaunce blin [...].

   • 1846, Moses Aaron Richardson, The Borderer's Table Book: Or, Gatherings of the Local History and Romance of the English and Scottish Border, VI, 46:

     One while the little foot page went, / And another while he ran; / Until he came to his journey's end / The little foot page never blan.

   • 1880, Margaret Ann Courtney, English Dialect Society, Glossary of words in use in Cornwall:

     A child may cry for half an hour, and never blin ; it may rain all day, and never blin ; the train ran 100 miles, and never blinned.

Synonyms

• (to cease): see Thesaurus:stop, see also Thesaurus:desist

Noun

blin

1. (obsolete) Cessation; end.

Etymology 2

From Russian ???? (blin, “pancake, flat object”).

Noun

blin

1. A blintz.

Anagrams

• LNIB

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bli?n/

Adjective

blin (feminine singular blin, plural blinion, equative blined, comparative blinach, superlative blinaf)

1. tired, weary

   Synonym: blinedig

2. tiresome, wearisome
3. troubling, troublesome, distressing
4. (North Wales) angry, cross, mad

   Dw i'n flin am y ddamwain.

   I'm cross about the accident.

5. (South Wales) sorry

   W i'n flin am y ddamwain.

   I'm sorry about the accident.

   Mae'n flin 'da fi.

   I'm sorry.

Derived terms

• blinder (“tiredness, weariness; trouble, affliction”)
• blinedig (“tired”)
• blino (“to tire, to become weary; to trouble, to afflict”)
• diflino (“tireless, untiring”)
• gorflinder (“exhaustion”)
• gorflino (“to overtire”)
• wedi blino (“tired”)

Mutation

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “blin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English blind, from Old English blind, from Proto-West Germanic *blind.

Adjective

blin

1. mistaken

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN

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 *b?eyh?- (“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.
2. (transitive, Scotland) To dry.

Anagrams

• Bien, bine

Bourguignon

Etymology 1

From Latin bene.

Adverb

bein (comparative meus, superlative meus)

1. well

Related terms

• bon

Etymology 2

From Latin bene.

Noun

bein m (plural beins, antonym mau)

1. good

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse bein, from Proto-Germanic *bain?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bain]

Noun

bein n (genitive singular beins, plural bein)

1. leg
2. bone

Declension

Finnish

Noun

bein

1. Instructive plural form of bee.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bein, from Proto-Germanic *bain?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pei?n/
• Rhymes: -ei?n

Noun

bein n (genitive singular beins, nominative plural bein)

1. a bone

   Hundurinn borðaði bein.

   The dog ate a bone.

Declension

Synonyms

• (bone): leggur

See also

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

Norman

Etymology

Old French bien.

Adverb

bein (comparative miyeu, superlative miyeu)

1. (Jersey) well

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• ben

Etymology

From Old Norse bein, from Proto-Germanic *bain?.

Noun

bein n (definite singular beinet, indefinite plural bein, definite plural beina or beinene)

1. a leg
2. a bone

Derived terms

References

• “bein” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse bein, from Proto-Germanic *bain?. Akin to English bone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bæ?n/

Noun

bein n (definite singular beinet, indefinite plural bein, definite plural beina)

1. a leg
2. a bone

Derived terms

References

• “bein” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bain, from Proto-Germanic *bain?.

Noun

bein n

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

Declension

Descendants

• Middle High German: bein
  • Alemannic German:

    Swabian: Boi, Boa

  • Bavarian: Boan
  • East Central German:

    Upper Saxon: Been

  • German: Bein
  • Luxembourgish: Been
  • Vilamovian: baan
  • Yiddish: ????? (beyn)

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?en?/

Noun

bein

1. accusative singular of ben

Mutation

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bain?. Compare Old English b?n, Old Saxon b?n, Old High German bein.

Noun

bein n (genitive beins, plural bein)

1. leg
2. bone

Declension

Descendants

• Icelandic: bein
• Faroese: bein
• Norn: ben
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bein
  • ? Norwegian Bokmål: bein
• Old Swedish: b?n
  • Swedish: ben
• Danish: ben
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ben
• Elfdalian: bein
• Old Gutnish: bain
  • Gutnish: bain

References

• bein in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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

Scots

Verb

bein

1. present participle of be

Westrobothnian

Noun

bein n

1. Alternative form of bain