BANN

Definitions

1 BANN

n. [cp. Ulf. bandva; Hel. bann, mandatum; Engl. ban; Germ. bann; A. S. geban; mid. Lat. bannum], prob. of foreign origin:

2 BANN

1. eccles. excommunication, interdict; minna b. (excommunicatio minor), þat sem forboð er kallat á Norrænu, K. Á. 226 (App.); meira b. (excommunicatio major), Ann. A. D. 1255; England í banni, id. A. D. 1208; Bs., H. E. several times.

3 BANN

2. in secular sense, prohibition of trade or intercourse; leggja b. fyrir mjöl eðr vöru, N. G. L. i. 204, 103; cp. farbann, forbidding ships to set sail.

4 BANN

3. gener. a protest, prohibition, in phrases, boð ok b., Gþl. 76; lof né b., Eg. 349; leggja b. fyrir, to prohibit, Ísl. ii. 265.

5 BANN

4. = bannan, a curse, swearing. The notion of jurisdiction common in Germany (v. Grimm) is unknown in the Scandin. idioms; yet the Laufás’ Edda, Ed. A. M. i. 586, v. l. 14, has bann as one of the names of the earth, cp. the O. H. G. banz, regio. The passage Gísl. 16, náttlangt né lengra banni, is an απ. λεγ. and probably corrupt, = á lengr or the like; lengra banni might, however, be equivalent to lengra meli, bann here denoting spatium temporis, a while.

6 BANN

COMPDS: bannsatkvæði, bannsáfell, bannsdómr, bannsmál, bannspína, bannsspjót, bannsverk.

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. D.: Anno Domini.
A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
eccl: ecclesiastical.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
f.: feminine.
gener.: generally.
Germ: German.
Germ.: German.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
Hel.: Heliand.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
Lat: Latin.
Lat.: Latin.
m.: masculine.
mid. Lat.: Middle Latin.
n.: neuter.
O. H. G.: Old High German.
orig: original, originally.
p.: page.
prob: probable, probably.
prob.: probable, probably.
S.: South, Southern.
Scandin.: Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
Ulf.: Ulfilas.
v.: vide, verb.
v. l.: varia lectio.
απ. λεγ.: απαξ. λεγόμενον.

Works & Authors

A. M.: Arna-Magnacanus.
Ann.: Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)
Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Edda: Edda. (C. I.)
Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Gísl.: Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
Gþl.: Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
H. E.: Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
K. Á.: Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)
N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

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