Bann
Old Icelandic Dictionary - bannMeaning of Old Icelandic word "bann" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
bann Old Icelandic word can mean:
- bann
- n.
- bann
- 1) excommunication, anathema, interdict;
- bann
- hit meira b, the greater exc.;
- bann
- hit minna ~ (the lesser exc.) þat sem forboð er kallat á norrœnu;
- bann
- 2) prohibition, opp. to lof (hlýða boði ok ~i e-s);
- bann
- leggja ~ fyrir e-t, to prohibit.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛅᚾᚾ
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
- e-s
- einhvers.
- e-t
- eitthvat.
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