A-bannan

Old English Dictionary Entry

A-bannan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: bannan. a-bannan

Definitions

1 a-bannan

p. -beónn, pl. -beónnon ; pp. -bannen. I. to command, order, summon; mandare, jubere :-- Abannan to beadwe to summon to battle, Elen. Grm. 34. II. to publish, proclaim; with út to order out, call forth, call together, congregate, assemble; edicere, avocare, citare :-- Aban ðú ða beornas út of ofne command thou the men out of the oven, Cd. 193; Th. 242, 32; Dan. 428. Ðá hét se cyng abannan út ealne þeódscipe then the king commanded to order out [to assemble] all the population, Chr. 1006; Erl. 140, 8.

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᛒᚪᚾᚾᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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