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Webster 1913 Edition


Bane

Bane

(bān)
,
Noun.
[OE.
bane
destruction, AS.
bana
murderer; akin to Icel.
bani
death, murderer, OHG.
bana
murder,
bano
murderer, Goth.
banja
stroke, wound, Gr.
φονεύσ
murderer,
φόνοσ
murder, OIr.
bath
death,
benim
I strike. √31.]
1.
That which destroys life, esp. poison of a deadly quality.
[Obs. except in combination, as in rats
bane
, hen
bane
, etc.]
2.
Destruction; death.
[Obs.]
The cup of deception spiced and tempered to their
bane
.
Milton.
3.
Any cause of ruin, or lasting injury; harm; woe.
Money, thou
bane
of bliss, and source of woe.
Herbert.
4.
A disease in sheep, commonly termed the
rot
.
Syn. – Poison; ruin; destruction; injury; pest.

Bane

,
Verb.
T.
To be the bane of; to ruin.
[Obs.]
Fuller.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bane

BANE

, n.[Gr. is to kill; in L. venenum is poison.]
Poison of a deadly quality; hence, any fatal cause of mischief, injury or destruction; as, vice is the bane of society.

BANE

,
Verb.
T.
To poison.

Definition 2024


bane

bane

See also: bañe, bañé, and banë

English

Noun

bane (plural banes)

  1. A cause of misery or death; an affliction or curse
    the bane of my existence
    • Herbert
      Money, thou bane of bliss, and source of woe.
  2. (dated) Poison, especially any of several poisonous plants
  3. (obsolete) A killer, murderer, slayer
  4. (obsolete) destruction; death
    • Milton
      The cup of deception spiced and tempered to their bane.
  5. A disease of sheep; the rot.
Antonyms
  • (affliction or curse): boon
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

bane (third-person singular simple present banes, present participle baning, simple past and past participle baned)

  1. (transitive) To kill, especially by poison; to be the poison of.
  2. (transitive) To be the bane of.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English ban (northern dialect), from Old English bān.

Noun

bane (plural banes)

  1. (chiefly Scotland) bone

References

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams


Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

bane

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of banen

Japanese

Romanization

bane

  1. rōmaji reading of ばね

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish bán, from Proto-Celtic *bānos (white).

Adjective

bane (plural baney, comparative baney)

  1. white, blank, pallid
    Er cabbyl bane va mee. ― My mount was a white horse.
    Haink daah bane yn aggle er. ― He blanched with fear.
  2. fair, blonde
    Shen Illiam Bane. ― That's fair-haired William.
  3. fallow
    Faag y magher bane. ― Leave the field lea.

Derived terms

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bane vane mane
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • bane” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German bane, compare with German Bahn

Noun

bane m (definite singular banen, indefinite plural baner, definite plural banene)

  1. a trajectory
  2. a railway line
  3. a sports field
  4. a racing track
  5. orbit (of a satellite, including the moon)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse bani

Noun

bane m (definite singular banen, indefinite plural baner, definite plural banene)

  1. death (by murder)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German bane, compare with German Bahn

Noun

bane m, f (definite singular banen or bana, indefinite plural banar or baner, definite plural banane or banene)

  1. a trajectory
  2. a railway line
  3. a sports field
  4. a racing track
  5. orbit (of a satellite, including the moon)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse bani

Noun

bane m (definite singular banen, indefinite plural banar, definite plural banane)

  1. death (by murder)

Scots

Etymology

From Old English bān, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ben]
  • (Mid Northern Scots) IPA(key): [bin], [bein]

Noun

bane (plural banes)

  1. (anatomy) bone, limb

Derived terms


Yola

Noun

bane

  1. bone

References

  • J. Poole W. Barnes, A Glossary, with Some Pieces of Verse, of the Old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy (1867)