Bani
Old Norse Dictionary - baniMeaning of Old Norse word "bani" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
bani Old Norse word can mean:
- bani
- a, m. [Ulf. banja = πληγή; A. S. bana; Engl. bane; O. H. G. bano; v. ben below]. I. bane, death, natural or violent (properly violent); Egill tók sótt þá er hann leiddi til bana, Eg. 767; lostinn öru til bana, FmS. i. 118; kominn at bana, sinking fast, of a sick person, vii. 166. II. a bane, and so = bana-maðr, a slayer; fjögurra manna b., Nj. 8, Grág. ii. 88, Ld. 326; pl., N. G. l. i. 163: the phrase, verða e-m at bana, to slay one, may refer to I. or II: poët. fire is called bani viðar, the bane of wood, and bani Hálfs, the bane of king Half, Ýt. 6; the winter is bani orma, the bane of worms, etc., Lex. poët.
- bani
- COMPDS: banablóð, banadagr, banadrykkr, banadægr, banahögg, banakringla, banalag, banamaðr, banaorð, banaráð, banasár, banaskot, banasótt, banasæng, banasök, banatilræði, banaþúfa.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛅᚾᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- f.
- feminine.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- pl.
- plural.
- poët.
- poetically.
- S.
- Saga.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
Also available in related dictionaries:
This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages descending from Old Norse.