been

Etymology 1
From, from ; equivalent to.

Verb

 * 1) * 2013, DayQuan Miller, Back Blocks, StealthMode Entertainment, page 147:
 * She was disloyal, Casper was disloyal, so them muthafuckas gotta go. Like you said[,] we been knew we was going to have to kill Frost, so let's do it and Light too.” Star said. “Say no more. I'ma handle Kisha myself.” Max said walking to the door.
 * 1) * 2013, DayQuan Miller, Back Blocks, StealthMode Entertainment, page 147:
 * She was disloyal, Casper was disloyal, so them muthafuckas gotta go. Like you said[,] we been knew we was going to have to kill Frost, so let's do it and Light too.” Star said. “Say no more. I'ma handle Kisha myself.” Max said walking to the door.
 * 1) * 2013, DayQuan Miller, Back Blocks, StealthMode Entertainment, page 147:
 * She was disloyal, Casper was disloyal, so them muthafuckas gotta go. Like you said[,] we been knew we was going to have to kill Frost, so let's do it and Light too.” Star said. “Say no more. I'ma handle Kisha myself.” Max said walking to the door.
 * 1) * 2013, DayQuan Miller, Back Blocks, StealthMode Entertainment, page 147:
 * She was disloyal, Casper was disloyal, so them muthafuckas gotta go. Like you said[,] we been knew we was going to have to kill Frost, so let's do it and Light too.” Star said. “Say no more. I'ma handle Kisha myself.” Max said walking to the door.

Etymology 2
Either from (from ), or from a dialectal use of the preceding past tense form as an infinitive form (compare dialectal use of,  in the first person,  in the third person, etc).

Etymology 3
From ; equivalent to.

Etymology 4
From, , , , from , equivalent to.

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1)  of a  or

Usage notes

 * The plural is used alternatively in the sense “bone”, especially collectively.

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1)  leg, limb of a person, horse (other animals' would have poten) and certain objects (again many have poten)
 * 2)  side, leg
 * 3) the upper part of a sock, above the ankle.
 * 1) the upper part of a sock, above the ankle.
 * 1) the upper part of a sock, above the ankle.

Usage notes

 * The contemporary plural benen is derived from an analogy to other nouns with regular plurals. Originally, been was left unchanged in the plural; such use is preserved only in set phrases like.

Noun

 * 1)  bone, constituent part of a skeleton.
 * 2)   bone, the chalky material bones are made of.
 * 1)   bone, the chalky material bones are made of.
 * 1)   bone, the chalky material bones are made of.

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) leg

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) leg
 * 2) foot
 * 3) bone

Etymology 1
From a conflation of and, from  and , from  and , from  and a conflation of  and.

Verb

 * 1)  To be; to exist or have existence:
 * 2)  To occur; to come to be.
 * 3)  To be with a certain quality or in a certain situation.
 * 4)  To be to or for someone or something.
 * 5)  To be something or someone.
 * 6)  To be someone's; to be in someone's possession.
 * 1)  To be someone's; to be in someone's possession.
 * 1)  To be someone's; to be in someone's possession.

Usage notes

 * ben may be used elliptically if the subject, complement, or predicate is implicit.
 * The perfect tense is usually formed with ; see that entry for more.

Etymology 2
From and, from.

Noun

 * 1) ben

Etymology 3
From, nominative plural form of , from , nominative plural form of. Equivalent to.

Etymology 4
From, past participle of ; equivalent to.

Etymology 5
From (with the -þ replaced with an -n leveled in from the past and subjunctive), present plural of , from , third-person present plural of.

Usage notes
The usual plural form of is  in the North, been in the Midlands, and  in the South;  also existed, especially early on, but was not the predominant form in any area.

Etymology 6
From, present subjunctive plural of , from , third-person present subjunctive plural of.

Etymology
From, from , past participle of.

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) bees