Self-bana

Old English Dictionary Entry

Self-bana

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 self-bana

m. One who kills himself, a suicide:-- Selfbona bictonatus (l. biothanalus, qui mortem sibi ipsi consciscit aut qui violenta morte peril). Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 10. Selfbonan biolhanatas, 11. 69. Seolfbonan (-boran, MS.), 101, 74. Selfbanan biothanatos, Hpt. Gl. 469, 26. self-bana

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛖᛚᚠ-ᛒᚪᚾᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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