Ben vs Lindsay - What's the difference?
ben | lindsay |
(Scotland, northern England) In, into.
* 2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, p. 32:
Inner, interior.
(Scotland, Northern England) Ben-room: The inner room of a two-room hut or shack (as opposed to the but).
A tree, Moringa oleifera or horseradish tree of Arabia and India, which produces oil of ben.
The winged seed of the ben tree.
The oil of the ben seed.
(usually, capitalised) Son of (used with Hebrew and Arabic surnames).
from Lindsey in Lincolnshire, from (etyl) "Lincoln's wetland"
An Irish surname, a variant of Lindsey.
transferred from the surname.
used since the 1940s.
As an adverb ben
is well.As a proper noun lindsay is
from lindsey in lincolnshire, from (etyl) "lincoln's wetland".ben
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) ben, bene, from (etyl) .Alternative forms
*Etymology 2
From (etyl) ben, bene, variation of bin, .Preposition
(English prepositions)- And he was waving to me to creep in, so I just did and then just to skip ben the front and then in the lobby.