Etymology

Formed on bene (adj.).

PGmc Ancestor

(1)*baina-; (3) *bōni-

Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)

beinn 'straight, direct; hospitable, helpful, accommodating'
(ONP beinn (2) (adj.))

Other Scandinavian Reflexes

Far beinur, Icel beinn, Norw bein

OE Cognate

(3) cp. bōnian ‘to ornament’

Phonological and morphological markers

Summary category

DD1c

Attestation

Hapax legomenon

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

Gaw 710

On the sense see PSn.

Bibliography

MED unbēne (adj.) , OED unbene (adj.) , HTOED , Dance vnbene