Associations to the word «Bein»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
BEIN, adjective. (Now chiefly dialectal) Wealthy; well-to-do.
BEIN, adjective. (Now chiefly dialectal) Well provided; comfortable; cosy.
BEIN, adverb. (Now chiefly dialectal) Comfortably.
BEIN, verb. (transitive) (Scotland) To render or make comfortable; dry.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.