dædbana

Old English

Etymology

dǣd +‎ bana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdæːdˌbɑ.nɑ/

Noun

dǣdbana m (nominative plural dǣdbanan)

1. an evil-doer, a perpetrator of murder
   • Gif man gehádodne mid fǽhþe belecge, and secge ðæt he wǽre dǽdbana ― if any one charge one in holy orders with enmity, and say that he was a perpetrator of homicide.

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “dædbana”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.