An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 63
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 63
Teut. _binnenste_ is synon.
BEN-INNO, _prep._ Within, beyond, S. B.
_Journal Lond._
From _ben_, q. v. and A. S. _inne_, or _innon_, within; Alem.
_inna_; Isl. _inne_, id.
~There-ben~, _adv._ Within, in the inner apartment, S.
V. ~Thairben~.
BEND, _s._
1. Band, ribbon, or fillet; pl. _bendis_.
_Douglas._
"_Bend_, a border of a womans cap, North.; perhaps from _band_," Gl.
Grose.
2. It is used improperly for a fleece.
_Douglas._
A. S. _bend_, _baende_, Moes. G. _bandi_, Germ. _band_, Pers.
_bend_, vinculum.
_To_ BEND, _v. n._ To drink hard; a cant term, S.
_Ramsay._
BEND, _s._ A pull of liquor, S.
_Ramsay._
BENDER, _s._ A hard drinker, S.
_Ramsay._
BENE, _v. subst._ Are.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
Chaucer, _ben_, id. from _beon_, third p. pl. subj. of the A. S.
substantive verb.
BENE is also used for _be_.
_Kings Quair._
BENE, BEIN, BEYNE, BIEN, _adj._
1. Wealthy, well-provided, possessing abundance, S.
_Henrysone._
This is perhaps the most common sense of the term, S. Thus we say, _A bene_ or _bein farmer_, a wealthy farmer, one who is in easy, or even in affluent circ.u.mstances; _a bein laird_, &c.
2. Warm, genial. In this sense it is applied to a fire, S.
_Douglas._
3. Pleasant.
_Douglas._
4. Happy, blissful, S.
_Ferguson._
5. Splendid, showy.
_Wallace._
6. Good, excellent in its kind.
_Dunbar._
7. Eager, new-fangled. People are said to be _bein_ upon any thing that they are very fond of, Loth. In this sense _bayne_ occurs in O. E.
Isl. _bein-a_ signifies to prosper, to give success to any undertaking. _Bein_, as allied to this, signifies hospitable; _beine_, hospitality, hospitis advenae exhibita beneficentia. G. Andr. mentions the v. _beina_, as signifying, hospitii beneficia praestare. _Beini_, hospitality, liberality.
BENELY, BEINLY, _adv._ In the possession of fulness, S.
_L. Scotlands Lament._
BENE, _adv._ Well; _full bene_, full well.