All 9 Uses of
bane
in
The Fellowship of the Ring
Uses with a meaning too rare to warrant foucs:
- But soon he was betrayed by it to his death; and so it is named in the North Isildur's Bane.
Chpt 2.2bane = a character in the story
- 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
Definitions:
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(1)
(bane as in: bane of my existence) something that causes misery or recurring difficulty
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly and long ago, "bane" references a poison -- often in combination with a plant name such as Wolfsbane.