[HPforGrownups] Bane

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 3175

"Simon J. Branford" wrote:

> I much prefer the following meaning for bane (from the OED online - from the
> 15 century): A proclamation of a marriage; a prelude of a play. In the
> latter sense more freq. in pl. banes, now banns.
>
> Also it is an obsolete form of Bain (readily, willingly) adv. readily, and
> bone.
>
> The wonders of having a great dictionary at your fingertips!

Well, I have an OED, but it's the teeny print two-volume version and the
magnifying glass has gone the way of all nice parent things. I usedta could read
it unassisted....alas for my lost youth!

--Amanda