Bann
n.
in phrase banns of marriage (late 12c., spelling with double -n- attested from 1540s), from Old English bannan “to summon, command, proclaim” (see ban (v.)). Also probably partly from Old French ban “announcement, proclamation, banns, authorization,” from Frankish *ban or some other Germanic cognate of the Old English word.
Historical Examples
Ye mind what way ye come home last bann Fair on top o’ the bread cart.
The Turn of the Road Rutherford Mayne
To him the sources of most human consolations “were barr’d and bann’d, forbidden fare.”
Coleridge Samuel Levy Bensusan
It stands on a high bank overlooking the bann, about a mile north of Coleraine.
Ulster Folklore Elizabeth Andrews
He met Tirlogh Luineach at the bann, and thought him inclined to obey.
Ireland Under the Tudors, Vol. II (of 3) Richard Bagwell
A year or two later, however, machinery was introduced on a large scale on the river bann.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 7 Various
Its waters are carried to the sea by the bann, which is of no use for navigation, being obstructed by weirs and rocks.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Various
Sorley Boy appeared in force at the bann, on the banks of which river an encounter took place.
Ireland Under the Tudors, Vol. II (of 3) Richard Bagwell
Marching from that hill-skirt, our faces set west, we dismounted on a waterless plain (ql) between bann and the Plain.
The Bbur-nma in English Babur, Emperor of Hindustan
On the bann, in Ireland, eel catching is still done in a large way, and the fish shipped to London.
The Naturalist on the Thames C. J. Cornish
After this he went to the Lei, on the east of the bann, ubi non capiebant homines pieces nisi in nocte usque ad illud tempus.
The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick Various
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