An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 63

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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 woman's 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_.

_King's 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. Scotland's Lament._

BENE, _adv._ Well; _full bene_, full well.

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