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Bain
Definitions
- 1 Ready; willing. dialectal
- 2 Direct; near; short; gain. dialectal
"That is the bainest way."
- 3 Limber; pliant; flexible.
- 1 Readily; willingly. dialectal
- 2 Nearby; at hand. dialectal
- 1 A surname.
- 2 A locality in Cypress County, Alberta, Canada.
- 3 A river in Lincolnshire, England, which flows south to the River Witham.
- 4 A short river in North Yorkshire, England, which joins the River Ure near Bainbridge.
- 1 A bath. obsolete
"THus was sir Tramtryst longe there wel cherysshed / with the kynge and the quene /[…]/ So vpon a daye / the quene and la beale Isoud made a bayne for syre Tramtryst / And whan he was in his bayne / the quene and Isoud her doughter romed vp & doune in the chamber / and there whyles Gouernail and Heles attendyd vpon Tramtryst"
Etymology
From Middle English bain, bayne, bayn, beyn (“direct, prompt”), from Old Norse beinn (“straight, right, favourable, advantageous, convenient, friendly, fair, keen”).
From Middle English bain, bayne, bayn, beyn (“direct, prompt”), from Old Norse beinn (“straight, right, favourable, advantageous, convenient, friendly, fair, keen”).
From Middle English bayne~baine, from Old French bain, from Latin baneum, variant of balneum. Doublet of bagnio, balaneion, and banya.
* As a Scottish surname, from Scottish Gaelic bàn (“white, fair”), also found in McBain. * As an English surname, from Old English ban (“bone”). Also from bayn (“hospitable”), from Old Norse beinn (“straight”). * As a French surname, from Old French bain (“bath”), from Latin balneum. * As a German surname, spelling variant of Behn.
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