bain.
Ready; willing.
Meaning & usage
Ready; willing.
Direct; near; short; gain.
That is the bainest way.
Limber; pliant; flexible.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English bain, bayne, bayn, beyn (“direct, prompt”), from Old Norse beinn (“straight, right, favourable, advantageous, convenient, friendly, fair, keen”).
Readily; willingly.
Nearby; at hand.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English bain, bayne, bayn, beyn (“direct, prompt”), from Old Norse beinn (“straight, right, favourable, advantageous, convenient, friendly, fair, keen”).
A bath.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English bayne~baine, from Old French bain, from Latin baneum, variant of balneum. Doublet of bagnio, balaneion, and banya.
To bathe.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English bayne~baine, from Old French bain, from Latin baneum, variant of balneum. Doublet of bagnio, balaneion, and banya.
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