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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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BIEIN, BEEIN, n. “A dwelling” (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl.). [biɪn]Sh.7 1934:
A woman who had lost her husband through death and been deprived of a home in consequence, would say: — “Whin him 'at belanged ta me wis ta'en, I wis pitten (put) fae a beein.”

[Perhaps from O.N. bȳ(r), a farm-house, and suff. in(g) as in Biggin(g), n.2, q.v. O.N. may appear in Sh. as [i] or [ɪ]. See Jak. Intro. XLVIII. 12 and bø2 in Voc.]

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