Old English · noun
bana
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈbɑ.nɑ/
- Syllables
- ˈbɑ · nɑ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- murdererbanecauses
Meaning
-
murderer
Ġif mannes esne eorlcundne mannan ofslæhð þane ðe sīo þrēom hundum sċll' ġylde, sē āgend þone banan āġēfe ⁊ dō þǣr þrīo manwyrþ tō.
If a man's servant kills a noble man whose compensation is 300 shillings, the owner shall give up the murderer and also pay the value of three men.
Laws of Hlothhere and Eadric -
Something which causes death.
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *banō, from Proto-Germanic *banô. Cognate with Old Frisian bona, Old Saxon bano, Old High German bano, Old Norse bani.
Descendants
bane
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