Banna
Old Norse Dictionary - banna
Meaning of Old Norse word "banna"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word banna can mean:banna
- banna
- að, [A. S. bannan = jubere; Germ. bannen; mid. Lat. bannire], to forbid, hinder, prohibit (freq.); b. e-m e-t, or with infin., FmS. i. 254, Nj. 157, Ld. 256, Orkn. 4; b. fiskiför, Grág. ii. 350, n. G. L. i. 117.
- banna
- 2. to curse, [Scot. ban], with dat., Stj. 37: with acc., Hom. 31, Stj. 199, Post. 656 A, ii. 12: reflex., bannast um, to swear, SturL. ii. 126, FmS. viii. 174.
- banna
- 3. = banda, to stop, drive back; hann sá tröll við ána, þat b. honum, ok vildi taka hann, FaS. ii. 124.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛅᚾᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Germ.
- German.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- infin.
- infinitive.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- mid. Lat.
- middle Latin.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- acc.
- accusative.
- dat.
- dative.
- l.
- line.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Post.
- Postula Sögur. (F. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)