Fana
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - fana
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- fana
- Add: fanu(-e) ; f. I. a flag :-- Pater Noster hafað gyldene fonan, and seó fone is mid .xii. godwebbum útan ymbhangen, Sal. K. 152, 17. Fanan uexillo, An. Ox, 4804. Fanan labara, 1762. [N. E. D. fane a banner.] v. wind-fana. II. fane, flower de luce :-- Fana (fanu, v. l.) citsana (a 12th cent. MS. has fæarn gitsana), Ælfc. Gr. Z. 311, 2: An. Ox. 56, 397. Fanu cittasana, Lch. iii. 301, col. 2. Fane, Lch. ii. 136, 30. Fone nioþoweard, 350, 24. Uane, iii. 12, 25. Fanu, 58, 20. Fanan, 24, 6. [v. N. E. D. fane (plant-name). Cf. O. L. Ger. réni-fano tanacetum: O. H. Ger. reine-uano.] fana