No. 895 in Icelandic
bæinn
"The town" or "the village" (definite form of "bær").
In a sentence
Ég fór í bæinn í gær.
I went to the town yesterday.
Here, 'bæinn' is in the accusative case, used to denote motion towards the town.
Hann lýsir bæinn á myndinni.
He depicts the town in the picture.
In this case, 'bæinn' is used as the direct object of the action (depicting), in the accusative form.
Stígurinn um bæinn var fallegur.
The path through the town was beautiful.
Here, 'bæinn' is in the accusative case as part of a prepositional phrase indicating movement within or context around the town.
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