Middle English Dictionary Entry
bāne n.
Entry Info
| Forms | bāne n. Also ban, bayn, bon(e, beone. |
| Etymology | OE bana, bona; cp. OI bani. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) One who destroys life; slayer, murderer [see dedbana, red ~]; (b) one who destroys the soul; soule(s ~.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)7554 : He wes moniennes monnes bone [Otho: bane].
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)370 : Bitterlike ge [spider] hem [flies] bit & here bane wurðeð.
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)189/166 : Ich drede þat he mi bane worþe.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)901 : He slouȝ his fader ban.
- c1330 Horn Child (Auch)799 : King Malkan was mi faders ban, & now for soþe ich haue him slan.
- ?a1425(?c1350) NHom.(3) Pass.(RwlPoet 175)306 : Bot euer-more he thoght on-ane þat he suld be his maister bane.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1681 : In his huntyng hath he swich delit, That it is al his ioye and appetit To been hymself the grete hertes bane.
- a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) Pilgr.(Phys-E)p.55 : He schar his throt in tua..He was his awen ban [Vrn: bone].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)7634 : Philistiens sal be his ban [Frf: bane; Trin-C: bone].
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.39 : Anlaf of Norway, of Danmark kyng Suane, Aryued in þis lond; to many wer þei bane.
- c1440(?a1400) Perceval (Thrn)1338 : Who þat may his bon be Sall hafe þis kyngdome and me.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)52.690 : But thou the ȝelde, I schal the slo..thy bane wyle I be.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)3248 : Brynge furth þi banes, & with my brand I sall þi dede venge.
- a1500(c1386) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)243 : Þaghe had bene my fader bone, I bede hym no wranges.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)20/397 : I slogh my brother..I pray the, good boy, and thou may, to ryn away with the bayn.
b
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)35/379 : Ich [a demon] habbe..ma monne bone ibeon þen ei of mine brreðren.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)60a : A þing þet..is þah sawle bone & wei to deadlich sunne.
- a1350 Middelerd for mon (Hrl 2253)25 : Vs þreteþ þre..Vr soule bone so bro[þ]erli be as berne best þat bale forbeode.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)408 : The devel be hys soules bane!
2.
(a) Something that destroys life; destroyer, bane; ben ~, be (one's) death; (b) poison [cp. hen (hennes) ~ s.v. hen n. 2.(a)].
Associated quotations
a
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP.(Manly-Rickert)B.4150 : Ye shul haue a feuere terciane Or an agu that may be youre bane.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)1854 : Þe water sone had bene my bane.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.320 : The noble Troilus so loveth the, That, but ye helpe, it wol his bane be.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)2180 : These false lovers, poysoun be here bane!
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)1689 : Is not their owne cryme her owne bane?
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)75a/a : Iusquiamus, henne bane, is mannes bane.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)22 : Bane or poyson: Mortiferum, exitium, intoxicum, letiferum.
3.
Destruction of life; death, doom; cacchen (chepen) ~.
Associated quotations
- a1225(?OE) Vsp.A.Hom.(Vsp A.22)243 : Gif hi us ofercumeð, ne ceped hi of hus gold ne selfer bute ure bane.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)8371 : Her beoð his bezste cnihtes islæȝen in ure fehte, & nu we sulleð for heore beone bliðe iwurðen.
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)7633 : Þe king nam þat ilke swerd and leide hit bi his broþer, þorh wan his bane he hadde.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)6.93 : Þo þat Adam and Eue eeten heore bone [vr. bane].
- c1400(1375) Canticum Creat.(Trin-O 57)670 : Whanne ȝe [Adam & Eve] hadde þus eten ȝoure ban, Ȝow to deren oure power gan.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)816 : Þai ne myght wreke þaire lord bane.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.602 : The folk of Thebes caughte hire bane.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)1942 : Men myght se..Frensshe and Gryffons casche here bane.