Old English · noun

ban

Normalised bān

Part of speech: noun, neuter
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /bɑːn/
Syllables: bɑːn (1 syllable)
Modern English: bone byen ivory

Meaning

bone
ivory

Declension

Declension of ban
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bān	bān
Accusative	bān	bān
Genitive	bānes	bāna
Dative	bāne	bānum

All forms (5)

bān
bānes
bāna
bāne
bānum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bain, from Proto-Germanic *bainą. Cognate with Old Frisian bēn (West Frisian bien), Old Saxon bēn (Low German been, bein), Dutch been (“bone, leg”), Old High German bein (German Bein (“leg”)), Old Norse bein (Icelandic bein (“bone”)).

Descendants

bone, byen

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