bynne

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the oblique forms of Old English binn or its byform binne (“crib, manger”),[1] from Late Latin benna, its Celtic source, or a cognate in another Celtic language, possibly Proto-Brythonic *benn (“cart, carriage”), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *bend(n)ā.[2][3][4]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbin(ə)/

Noun

bynne (plural bynnes)

  1. A manger; a trough for animals to eat from.
  2. A stable or a stall within it.
  3. A bin for grain, flour, or bread.

Descendants

  • English: bin

References

  1. ^ “binne, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. ^ Barnhart, Robert and Steinmetz, Sol, editors (1988), “bin”, in The Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology‎[1], Bronxville, N.Y.: The H. W. Wilson Co., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 94.
  3. ^ Holthausen, Ferdinand (1963) [1934], “binn(e) f.”, in Altenglisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old English Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 2nd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, →OCLC, page 24.
  4. ^ Onions, C[harles] T., Friedrichsen, G. W. S., and Burchfield, R[obert] W., editors (1966), “bin”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology‎[2], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 95, column 2; reprinted 1994.
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