Contionary:bí

Anrish

Alternative forms

• bì, bin-

Etymology

From Middle Anrish bin, from Old Anrish bin, bien, from Proto-Germanic *bi and *in

Pronunciation

(Anrish) IPA: /bi/

Preposition

bí (runic:‧ᛒᛁ‧)

Lú bí bætíe. (A cat in a sink.)

• (+ common)

1. into (allative)

   Tmúð lau bí brókar mír.

   ᛬ᛏᛘᚢᚴ‧ᛚᛆᚢ‧ᛒᛁ‧ᛒᚱᚮᚳᚭᚱ‧ᛘᛁᚱ᛬

   Water got into my boots

2. indicating an order or arrangement

   Aunt ǽrr hereð bí tíl!

   ‧᛬ᛆᚢᚾᛏ‧ᛆᚱᚱ‧ᚼᛖᚱᛖᚴ‧ᛒᛁ‧ᛏᛁᛚ᛬‧

   Form a line!

• (+ dative)

1. expressing containment, inside, within

   Is lúa bí bætíne.

   ᛬ᛁᛞ‧ᛚᚢᚭ‧ᛒᛁ‧ᛒᛆᛏᛁᛌᚾᛖ᛬

   The cat is in the sink

2. denoting a state of the subject

   Is y bí Kómene.

   ᛬ᛁᛞ‧ᛦ‧ᛒᛁ‧ᚳᚮᛘᛖᚾᛖ᛬

   He is in a coma.

3. indicates means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality, (of a text, speech etc.) a language, script, tone etc.

   Aunt tilteð bí rúá!

   ‧᛬ᛆᚢᚾᛏ‧ᛏᛁᛚᚴᛖᚴ‧ᛒᛁ‧ᚱᚢᚭᛌ᛬‧

   Write in runes!"

• (+ genitive)

1. indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as their psychic and physical characteristics

   Is nǽð ír bin-ǫra.

   ᛬ᛁᛞ‧ᚾᛆᚴ‧ᛆᚱᚭᛘᛖ‧ᛒᛁᛌᛆᚭᚱᚭ᛬

   You have a friend in me.