Luxembourgish

Noun

Aband m ‎(plural Abänn)

1. binding (of a book)

English

Verb

aband ‎(third-person singular simple present abands, present participle abanding, simple past and past participle abanded) (obsolete)

1. (transitive) To desist in practicing, using, or doing; to renounce. [attested only in the late 16th century]^[1]
2. (transitive) To desert; to forsake. [attested only in the late 16th century]^[1]
   • (Can we date this quote?), Spenser, (Please provide the title of the work):

     And Vortiger enforced the kingdom to aband.

Anagrams

• banda

References

1. 1 2 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 2