Old English · noun

bean

Normalised bēan

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: strong ō-stem
IPA: /bæ͜ɑːn/
Syllables: bæ͜ɑːn (1 syllable)
Modern English: bean broad bean broad

Meaning

bean (especially the broad bean)

Declension

Declension of bean
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bēan	bēana bēane
Accusative	bēane	bēana bēane
Genitive	bēane	bēana
Dative	bēane	bēanum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *baunu. Cognates Cognate with Old Frisian bāne, bām (West Frisian bean), Old Saxon bōna (Low German Bohn), Dutch boon, Old High German bōna (German Bohne), Old Norse baun (Danish bønne, Swedish böna).

Descendants

bean

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