[bâd], st. f., pledge, only in comp.: nýd-bâd.
[bân], st. n., bone: dat. sg. on bâne (on the bony skin of the drake), [2579]; dat. pl. heals ealne ymbefêng biteran bânum (here of the teeth of the drake), [2693].
[bân-côfa], w. m., "cubile ossium" (Grimm) of the body: dat. sg. -côfan, [1446].
[bân-fâg], adj., variegated with bones, either with ornaments made of bone-work, or adorned with bone, perhaps deer-antlers; of Hrôðgâr's hall, [781]. The last meaning seems the more probable.
[bân-fät], st. n., bone-vessel, i.e. the body: acc. pl. bân-fatu, [1117].
[bân-hring], st. m., the bone-structure, joint, bone-joint: acc. pl. hire wið halse ... bânhringas bräc (broke her neck-joint), [1568].
[bân-hûs], st. n., bone-house, i.e. the body: acc. sg. bânhûs gebräc, [2509]; similarly, [3148].
[bân-loca], w. m., the enclosure of the bones, i.e. the body: acc. sg. bât bânlocan, bit the body, [743]; nom. pl. burston bânlocan, the body burst (of Grendel, because his arm was torn out), [819].
[bât], st. m., boat, craft, ship, [211].—Comp. sæ-bât.
[bât-weard], st. m., boat-watcher, he who keeps watch over the craft. dat. sg. -wearde, [1901].