bain
adj. C2 Proficiency US //ˈbeɪn// bain
adj. ready or willing to do something. It is an old-fashioned word used in some parts of the UK to mean someone is helpful or prepared.
adj. ready, willing, or disposed to act. Primarily a dialectal or archaic term, often used to describe a person's helpful or compliant nature.
The neighbors were always bain and ready to help.
He was a bain worker who never complained about the long hours or the difficult conditions on the farm.
In the local dialect of the northern counties, one might find an elder describing a particularly cooperative youth as bain, reflecting a traditional value of communal readiness.
Usage
Used predicatively or attributively; common in Northern English and Scots dialects.