bane

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.4 References 2 Dutch 2.1 Verb form 3 Manx 3.1 Adjective 4 Norwegian 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Inflection

[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪn

[edit] Etymology 1

Middle English, from Old English bana; akin to Old High German bano (“‘death’”).

[edit] Noun

bane (plural banes)

1. (obsolete) A killer, murderer, slayer
2. A cause of misery or death; an affliction or curse

   The bane of my existence

3. (dated) Poison, especially any of several poisonous plants

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• baneberry
• baneful
• boon and bane

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[edit] Verb

to 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.

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[edit] Etymology 2

From Middle English northern dialect ban, from Old English bān

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bane (plural banes)

1. (chiefly Scottish) A bone

[edit] References

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

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[edit] Verb form

subjunctive form of banen

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[edit] Adjective

bane

1. white

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[edit] Noun

bane

1. A trajectory
2. A railway line
3. A sports field.
4. A racing track.

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