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  • Bán

    os.

      Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 22: 70, 46.
bone
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  • Þú eart mín bán and mín flǽsc,

      Gen. 29, 14: Ps. Th. 138, 13.

  • Ne bán ne blód,

      Dóm. 40.

  • Þæt gafol bið on hwales báne,

    • Ors. 1, 1
      • ;
    • S. 18, 17.

  • Hié habbað swíþe æþele bán on hiora tóþum,

      17, 36.

  • Hrepa his bán and his flǽsc

    tange os ejus et carnem,

      Hml. Th. ii. 452, 19: Ph. 221.
of other hard material:--
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  • Sió ecg gewác on báne

    (the hide of the firedrake ),

      B. 2578.

  • Wæter wearð tó báne (ice),

      Rä. 68, 3.
a bone
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  • Bánes byrst,

      Ps. Th. 108, 18: Gú. 670.

  • Gíf man findeð án bán unforbærned,

    • Ors. 1, 1
      • ;
    • S. 21, 12.

  • Gif hwá mid his fét ofstepð ǽttrig bán snacan oððe nǽddran,

      Lch. i. 152, 2.

  • Hwǽr sint nú þæs Wélondes bán?,

    • Bt. 19
      • ;
    • F. 70, 5.

  • Ne synu ne bán lágon,

      An. 1421.

  • Þá gebrocenan bán,

      Ps. C. 81: Hy. 7, 88.

  • Bána

    ossuum,

      Kent. Gl. 571: Ph. 575.

  • Manna bán

    ossa hominum,

      Ps. Th. 52, 6.

  • Bánu handlian,

      Lch. iii. 208, 24.
the bone of a limb, a leg or arm.
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v. bán-beorg, -gebeorg, -rift:--
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  • Bán weornedon

    their limbs failed them,

      Sat. 468.

  • Bána

    coxarum,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 17, 66: 75, 27.

  • Wǽron þá bendas forburnene, þá him on bánum lágon,

      Dan. 435.

  • Fýrdraca heals ealne ymbeféng biteran bánum,

      B. 2692.
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v. heáfod-, hleór-, hring-, scin-, sweor-, wiþo- (not wído) -bán.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “bán.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/39471.

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