Bana
Old Norse Dictionary - bana
Meaning of Old Norse word "bana"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- bana
- að, [bani; Gr. root φένω], to kill, with dat., ef griðungr banar manni, Grág. ii. 122, Rb. 370, Fms. iii. 124; b. sér sjálfr, to commit suicide, Ver. 40; metaph., Hom. 17.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛅᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- dat.
- dative.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Ver.
- Veraldar Saga. (E. II.)