gastbana
Old English
noun
Definitions
- (poetic) destroyer of souls; devil, demon
Etymology
Affix from Old English gāst (soul, spirit, breath, being, ghost) + Old English bana.
Origin
Old English
bana
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *banô Proto-Germanic
- *gaistaz Proto-Germanic
- bana Old English
- dædbana Old English
- froforgast Old English
- gastberend Old English
- gastcund Old English
- gastgedal Old English
- gastgifu Old English
- gastleas Old English
- gastlic Old English
- gastsunu Old English
- gāst Old English
- heahgast Old English
- selfbana Old English
- wuldorgast Old English
- ærendgast Old English
- ban Middle English
- bane Middle English
- gost Middle English
- *gaist gmw-pro