All 9 Uses of
bane
in
The Fellowship of the Ring
Uses with a very rare meaning:
- But soon he was betrayed by it to his death; and so it is named in the North Isildur's Bane.†
Chpt 2.2
- There shall be shown a token That Doom is near at hand, For Isildur's Bane shall waken, And the Halfling forth shall stand.†
Chpt 2.2
- 'Behold Isildur's Bane!' said Elrond.†
Chpt 2.2
- It has been treasured by his heirs when all other heirlooms were lost; for it was spoken of old among us that it should be made again when the Ring, Isildur's Bane, was found.†
Chpt 2.2
- Isildur's Bane is found.†
Chpt 2.2 *
- 'Isildur's Bane is found, you say,' said Boromir.†
Chpt 2.2
- The Dwarves tell no tale; but even as mithril was the foundation of their wealth, so also it was their destruction: they delved too greedily and too deep, and disturbed that from which they fled, Durin's Bane.†
Chpt 2.4
- 'Durin's Bane!†
Chpt 2.5
- 'Indeed I saw upon the bridge that which haunts our darkest dreams I saw Durin's Bane,' said Gimli in a low voice, and dread was in his eyes.†
Chpt 2.7
Definition:
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely and archaically, "bane" references a poison -- often in combination with a plant name such as Wolfsbane.