Feorh-bana

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - feorh-bana

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-bona, feorg-bona, an;

feorh-bana
m. A life-destroyer, murderer; vitæ interfector, hŏmĭcīda :-- Ðú Abele wurde to feorhbanan thou hast been for a life-destroyer to Abel, Cd. 48; Th. 62, 26; Gen. 1020. Hí gesáwon feorhbanan fuglas slítan they saw birds tearing the murderers, 96; Th. 125, 32; Gen. 2088. He ne meahte on ðam feorhbonan fǽhþe gebétan he might not avenge the feud on the murderer, Beo. Th. 4921; B. 2465. feorh-bana
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