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English

Etymology

From Middle English casten, from Old Norse kasta (“to throw, cast, overturn”), from Proto-Germanic *kast?n? (“to throw, cast”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots cast (“to cast, throw”), Danish kaste (“to throw”), Swedish kasta (“to throw, cast, fling, toss, discard”), Icelandic kasta (“to pitch, toss”). In the sense of "flinging", displaced native warp.

The senses relating to broadcasting are based on that same term; compare -cast.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation): enPR: käst, IPA^(key): /k??st/
• (Northern England): enPR: k?st, IPA^(key): /kast/
• (General American): enPR: k?st, IPA^(key): /kæst/
• Rhymes: -??st, -æst
• Homophones: caste, karst

Verb

cast (third-person singular simple present casts, present participle casting, simple past and past participle cast or (nonstandard) casted)

1. (physical) To move, or be moved, away.
   1. (now somewhat literary) To throw. [from 13^thc.]
      • 1623, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona:

        Why then a Ladder quaintly made of Cords / To cast vp, with a paire of anchoring hookes, / Would serue to scale another Hero's towre […].

      • 1760, Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, p.262:

        The more, an' please your honour, the pity, said the Corporal; in uttering which, he cast his spade into the wheelbarrow […].

   2. To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea. [from 14^thc.]
      • 1526, Bible, tr. William Tyndale, Matthew 4:

        As Jesus walked by the see off Galile, he sawe two brethren: Simon which was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, castynge a neet into the see (for they were fisshers) […].

   3. To throw down or aside. [from 15^thc.]
      • 1611, Bible, Authorized Version, Matthew VI.30:

        it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

      • 1930, "Sidar the Madman", Time, 19 Dec.:

        Near Puerto Limon, Costa Rica, Madman, co-pilot and plane were caught in a storm, cast into the Caribbean, drowned.

      • 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, 2010, p.316:

        Her bow is not to her liking. In a temper, she casts it on the grass.

   4. (of an animal) To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat. [from 15^thc.]
   5. To cause (a horse or other large animal) to lie down with its legs underneath it.
   6. (obsolete except in set phrases) To remove, take off (clothes). [from 14^thc.]
      • 1822, "Life of Donald McBane", Blackwood's Magazine, vol.12, p.745:

        when the serjeant saw me, he cast his coat and put it on me, and they carried me on their shoulders to a village where the wounded were and our surgeons […].

      • 2002, Jess Cartner-Morley, "How to Wear Clothes", The Guardian, 2 March:

        You know the saying, "Ne'er cast a clout till May is out"? Well, personally, I'm bored of my winter clothes by March.

   7. (nautical) To heave the lead and line in order to ascertain the depth of water.
   8. (obsolete) To vomit.

      • These verses […] make me ready to cast.

   9. (archaic) To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.

      • Thine enemies shall cast a trench [bank] about thee.
   10. (archaic) To throw out or emit; to exhale.
       • 1695 (first published), 1726 (final dated of publication) John Woodward, An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth and Terrestrial Bodies

         This […] casts a sulphurous smell.

   • 1849, Philip Henry Gosse, Natural History

     This horned bird, as it casts a strong smell, so it hath a foul look, much exceeding the European Raven in bigness

2. To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.). [from 13^thc.]
   • 1595, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3:

     To whom do Lyons cast their gentle Lookes? Not to the Beast, that would vsurpe their Den.

   • 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, I.11:

     She then yawned again, threw aside her book, and cast her eyes round the room in quest of some amusement […].
3. (dated) To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures. [from 14^thc.]
   • 1594, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2:

     The Clearke of Chartam: hee can write and / reade, and cast accompt.

   • 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe

     I cast up the notches on my post, and found I had been on shore three hundred and sixty-five days.

4. (social) To predict, to decide, to plan.
   1. (astrology) To calculate the astrological value of (a horoscope, birth etc.). [from 14^thc.]
      • , vol.1, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.309:

        he is […] a perfect astrologer, that can cast the rise and fall of others, and mark their errant motions to his own use.

      • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, 2012, p.332:

        John Gadbury confessed that Mrs Cellier, ‘the Popish Midwife’, had asked him to cast the King's nativity, although the astrology claimed to have refused to do so.

      • 1985, Lawrence Durrell, Quinx, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p.1197:

        He did the washing up and stayed behind to watch the dinner cook while she hopped off with a friend to have her horoscope cast by another friend.

   2. (obsolete) To plan, intend. [14^th-19^thc.]
      • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.i:

        I wrapt my selfe in Palmers weed, / And cast to seeke him forth through daunger and great dreed.

      • 1685, William Temple, "Upon the Gardens of Epicurus

        The cloister […] had, I doubt not, been cast for [an orange-house].

   3. (transitive) To assign (a role in a play or performance). [from 18^thc.]

   4. (transitive) To assign a role in a play or performance to (an actor).

   5. To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan.

      • She […] cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.

   6. (archaic) To impose; to bestow; to rest.
      • Cast thy burden upon the Lord.

   7. (archaic) To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict.
      • 1822, John Galt, The Provost

        She was cast to be hanged.

      • 1667, Richard Allestree, The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety

        Were the case referred to any competent judge, […] they would inevitably be cast.

   8. To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.
      • 24 July, 1659, Robert South, Interest Deposed, and Truth Restored

        How much interest casts the balance in cases dubious!

5. To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).
6. To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.
   • 1950, "A Global View", Time, 24 April:

     The threat of Russian barbarism sweeping over the free world will cast its ominous shadow over us for many, many years.

   • 1960, Lawrence Durrell, Clea:

     A sudden thought cast a gloom over his countenance.

7. (archaic) To give birth to (a child) prematurely; to miscarry. [from 15^thc.]
   • , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.98:

     being with childe, they may without feare of accusation, spoyle and cast [transl. avorter] their children, with certaine medicaments, which they have only for that purpose.

   • 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, V.20:

     The abortion of a woman they describe by an horse kicking a wolf; because a mare will cast her foal if she tread in the track of that animal.

9. To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way. [from 15^thc.]
   • 1923, "Rodin's Death", Time, 24 March:

     One copy of the magnificent caveman, The Thinker, of which Rodin cast several examples in bronze, is seated now in front of the Detroit Museum of Art, where it was placed last autumn.

   1. (printing, dated) To stereotype or electrotype.
10. To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.). [from 16^thc.]
    • c. 1680, Joseph Moxon, The Art of Joinery

      Stuff is said to cast or warp when […] it alters its flatness or straightness.

11. (nautical) To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by use of the headsail; to bring (a ship) round. [from 18^thc.]
12. To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote). [from 19^thc.]
13. (computing) To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text. [from 20^thc.]

14. (hunting) Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent. [from 18^thc.]
    • 1955, William Golding, The Inheritors, Faber and Faber, 2005, p.50:

      He clambered on to an apron of rock that held its area out to the sun and began to cast across it. The direction of the wind changed and the scent touched him again.

15. (medicine) To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.

    (Can we add an example for this sense?)

16. (Wicca) To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.
17. (media) To broadcast.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

cast (plural casts)

1. An act of throwing.
2. (fishing) An instance of throwing out a fishing line.
3. Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.

   • a cast of scatter'd dust

4. A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.

5. The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.

   He’s in the cast of Oliver.

   The cast was praised for a fine performance.

6. The casting procedure.

   The men got into position for the cast, two at the ladle, two with long rods, all with heavy clothing.

7. An object made in a mould.

   The cast would need a great deal of machining to become a recognizable finished part.

8. A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.

   The doctor put a cast on the boy’s broken arm.

9. The mould used to make cast objects.

   A plaster cast was made from his face.

10. (hawking) The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair.
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.7:

      As when a cast of Faulcons make their flight / An an Herneshaw, that lyes aloft on wing […].

11. A squint.
    • 1847, John Churchill, A manual of the principles and practice of ophthalmic medicine and surgery, p. 389, paragraph 1968:

      The image of the affected eye is clearer and in consequence the diplopy more striking the less the cast of the eye; hence the double vision will be noticed by the patient before the misdirection of the eye attracts the attention of those about him.

    • 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, p. 7:

      Arriving in Brittany, the Woodville exiles found a sallow young man, with dark hair curled in the shoulder-length fashion of the time and a penchant for expensively dyed black clothes, whose steady gaze was made more disconcerting by a cast in his left eye – such that while one eye looked at you, the other searched for you.

12. Visual appearance.

    Her features had a delicate cast to them.
13. The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.

    a cast of mind, a mental tendency.

    • 1894, Wilson Lloyd Bevan, Sir William Petty : A Study in English Economic Literature, p. 40:

      The cast of mind which prompted the plan was permanent, and in it are to be found both the strength and the weakness of Petty's character.

    • 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p. 330:

      I have read all her articles and come to admire both her elegant turn of phrase and the noble cast of mind which inspires it; but never, I confess, did I look to see beauty and wit so perfectly united.

14. An animal, especially a horse, that is unable to rise without assistance.
15. Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
16. A group of crabs.
17. A broadcast.

Derived terms

• castless
• plaster cast

Translations

Further reading

• cast at OneLook Dictionary Search
• cast in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• ACTs, ATCs, ATSC, Acts, CATs, CTAs, Cats, STCA, TACS, TCAS, TCAs, TSCA, acts, cats, scat

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin castus, possibly borrowed or semi-learned.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?kast/

Adjective

cast (feminine casta, masculine plural casts or castos, feminine plural castes)

1. chaste

Related terms

• castedat

Further reading

• “cast” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [k??st]
• Hyphenation: cast

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English cast.

Noun

cast m (plural casts, diminutive castje n)

1. cast (people performing a movie or play)

Synonyms

• rolbezetting
• rolverdeling

Related terms

• casten

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

cast

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of casten
2. imperative of casten

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English cast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kast/
• Hyphenation: càst

Noun

cast m (invariable)

1. cast (group of actors performing together)

Manx

Adjective

cast

1. contorted, curly, curved
2. complex, intricate, many-sided
3. ticklish

Mutation

Derived terms

• castid
• castys
• neuchast
• yl-chast

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin castus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kast/

Adjective

cast m or n (feminine singular cast?, masculine plural ca?ti, feminine and neuter plural caste)

1. chaste, clean, pure

Declension

Synonyms

• pur

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kast/, [?kast?]

Noun

cast m (plural casts)

1. cast (group of actors)

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: b?nd, IPA^(key): /bænd/
• (æ-tensing) IPA^(key): [be?nd]
• Homophone: banned
• Rhymes: -ænd

Etymology 1

From Middle English band (also bond), from Old English beand, bænd, bend (“bond, chain, fetter, band, ribbon, ornament, chaplet, crown”), from Proto-Germanic *band?, *bandiz (“band, fetter”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?end?- (“to tie, bind”). Middle English band reinforced by Old French bande. Cognate with Dutch band, German Band, Danish bånd, Swedish band, Icelandic bandur (“band”). Related to bond, bind, bend.

Noun

band (plural bands)

1. A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.
   1. A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.
   2. A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it.
      • 1843, Thomas Hood, The Song of the Shirt

        band and gusset and seam

   3. A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached.
   4. A belt or strap that is part of a machine.
2. A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area.

3. (architecture) A strip of decoration.
   1. A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of colour, or of brickwork.
   2. In Gothic architecture, the moulding, or suite of mouldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.
4. That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
5. A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
6. (in the plural) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.
7. (physics) A part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
8. (physics) A group of energy levels in a solid state material.

9. (obsolete) A bond.
10. (obsolete) Pledge; security.

    (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)

11. (especially US) A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify it.
12. (sciences) Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc
13. (medicine) Short for band cell.
14. (slang, hiphop, often in the plural) A wad of money totaling $1K, held together by a band; (by extension) money

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ??? (bando)
• ? Korean: ?? (baendeu)

Translations

Verb

band (third-person singular simple present bands, present participle banding, simple past and past participle banded)

1. (transitive) To fasten with a band.
2. (transitive, ornithology) To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird).

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English band, from Old French bande, from Old Occitan banda (“regiment of troops”), perhaps from Frankish *bend, from Proto-Germanic *bandiz, from Proto-Indo-European *b?end?- (“to tie; bond, band”).

Noun

band (plural bands)

1. A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble, usually for a professional recording artist.
2. A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music.
3. A marching band.
4. A group of people loosely united for a common purpose (a band of thieves).
   • 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Chapter V

     But in the meantime Robin Hood and his band lived quietly in Sherwood Forest, without showing their faces abroad, for Robin knew that it would not be wise for him to be seen in the neighborhood of Nottingham, those in authority being very wroth with him.

   • 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23

     "My third command to the Winged Monkeys," said Glinda, "shall be to carry you to your forest. Then, having used up the powers of the Golden Cap, I shall give it to the King of the Monkeys, that he and his band may thereafter be free for evermore."

5. (anthropology) A small group of people living in a simple society, contrasted with tribes, chiefdoms, and states.
6. (Canada) A group of aboriginals that has official recognition as an organized unit by the federal government of Canada.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Cantonese: band (Chinglish)
• ? German: Band (colloquial)
• ? Japanese: ??? (bando)
• ? Korean: ?? (baendeu)

Translations

Verb

band (third-person singular simple present bands, present participle banding, simple past and past participle banded)

1. (intransitive) To group together for a common purpose; to confederate.
   • 1611, Bible (King James Version), Acts xxiii. 12

     Certain of the Jews banded together.

2. (transitive, education) To group (students) together by perceived ability; to stream.

Derived terms

• band together

Translations

Etymology 3

Verb

band

1. (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of bind

See also

• band on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Band in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
• band at OneLook Dictionary Search
• band in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• B-DNA, bDNA, bdna

Chinese

Etymology

Borrowed from English band.

Pronunciation

Noun

band

1. (Cantonese) band (group of musicians) (Classifier: ???)

   • ???????????Band [Cantonese, trad.]
     ???????????Band [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1987, ??? (Samuel Hui), ????Band

     kei⁴ mong⁶ faai³ faai³ sing⁴ wai⁴ sai³ gaai³ zeoi³ ging⁶ ge³ ben¹ [Jyutping]

     Hoping that we'll quickly become the world's best band

   • C???band??
     A??????????band? [Cantonese, trad.]
     C???band??
     A??????????band? [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1998, ???1 (Radio 1), Hong Kong Cantonese Corpus (HKCanCor)

     C: Bin¹ deoi⁶ ben¹ sin¹?
     A: Hai⁶ lo¹. mou⁵ gong² dou³ hai⁶ bin¹ deoi⁶ ben¹. [Jyutping]

     C: So which band?
     A: Indeed, they didn't mention which band.

   • ??????????band???????????leader????band????????????????? [Cantonese, trad.]
     ??????????band???????????leader????band????????????????? [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2010, TVB-J2, K-ON????? (K-On!), season 1, episode 2

     taan⁴ git³ taa¹ go² go³ tung¹ soeng⁴ hai⁶ jat¹ deoi⁶ ben¹ ge³ zung¹ sam¹, biu² jin² go² zan⁶ jiu³ hou² ci⁵ li¹ daa⁴ gam² daai³ zyu⁶ deoi⁶ ben¹, hou² zi⁶ jin⁴ zau⁶ wui⁵ kap¹ jan⁵ dou^3-2 gun¹ zung³ ge³ muk⁶ gwong¹ gaa³ laa³. [Jyutping]

     The guitarist is usually the center of a band and has to lead the band during performances, and naturally becomes the audience's center of attention.

Synonyms

• ????? (yuèduì)
• ????? (z?hé)

References

• English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

Danish

Etymology 1

From English band.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba?nd/, [b?æ?nd?]

Noun

band n (singular definite bandet, plural indefinite band or bands)

1. band

Inflection

Derived terms

• funkband

Etymology 2

From Old Norse bann (“ban, curse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ban/, [b?æn?]

Noun

band n (singular definite bandet, not used in plural form)

1. (rare) excommunication

Etymology 3

From bande (“swear, curse”), from Old Norse banna (“ban, curse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ban/, [b?æn?]

Noun

band c or n

1. (rare) swear word

Verb

band

1. imperative of bande

References

• “band” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bant. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?nt/
• Hyphenation: band
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

band m (plural banden, diminutive bandje n)

1. connection, liaison, bond (attachment, as in a relation)
2. band (all English senses, above, except for group of musicians) (clarification of this definition is needed)
3. tire/tyre (e.g. a car tyre)
4. tape (magnetic tape, video tape)
5. bank (the bank of a pool table)
6. belt (martial arts belt)
7. belt (conveyor belt)
8. (physics) interval relating to frequency or wavelength in electromagnetic phenomena
   1. interval in the light spectrum
   2. range of energy levels in a solid state material
9. ribbon
10. bond, tie

Derived terms

Related terms

• verband

Descendants

• Afrikaans: band
• ? Indonesian: ban

Noun

band n (plural banden, diminutive bandje n)

1. ribbon

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English band.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?nt/
• Hyphenation: band
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

band m (plural bands, diminutive bandje n)

1. (music) band

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse band.

Noun

band n (genitive singular bands, plural bond)

1. (a piece of) rope, string
2. (figuratively, in the plural) ties, connection, relations

Declension

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bant/
• Rhymes: -ant

Verb

band

1. past of binden

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse band.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pant]
• Rhymes: -ant

Noun

band n (genitive singular bands, nominative plural bönd)

1. (a piece of) string
2. yarn
3. (figuratively, in the plural) ties, connection, relations
4. binding (of a book)
5. (music) tie
6. (music, slang) a musical band

Declension

Synonyms

• (band): hljómsveit f

Derived terms

• vera á bandi
• vinna á sitt band
• samband
• myndband

Related terms

• binda
• bundinn

Middle English

Alternative forms

• bande, bend
• bond, boond, bonde, bound

Etymology

From Old English bend, from Proto-Germanic *bandiz; vocalism is influenced by Old Norse band and Old French bande.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??nd/, /ba?nd/, /b?nd/, /band/

Noun

band (plural bandes)

1. That which obstructs one's free will and free action; a restraint.
   1. A chain or other object used to restrain a captive.
   2. Captivity; the condition of being jailed.
   3. A compact, directive or binding pact (either reciprocal or from one unto another)
2. A strip of a material used to tie or bind; a band:
   1. A rope or piece of twine used to tie or bind.
   2. A headband (a band that surrounds the head)
   3. A metal band that surrounds an object in order to strengthen it.
   4. (anatomy, rare) A joint or sinew.
   5. (heraldry, rare) A diagonal stripe or band.
3. (rare) A strip of a material not used to tie or bind.
4. Something used to join or connect; a link.
   1. (figuratively) A metaphorical connection or linkage.
5. A collection or group of bound items.

Descendants

• English: band, bend
• Scots: band, bend

References

• “b??nd, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-25.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• bånd (see this word for common usage)

Etymology

From English band (in this sense)

Noun

band n (definite singular bandet, indefinite plural band, definite plural banda or bandene)

1. (music) a band; group of (rock) musicians

Derived terms

• rockeband
• samband

References

• “band” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse band, akin to English bond.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?nd/

Noun

band n (definite singular bandet, indefinite plural band, definite plural banda)

1. a tape
2. a ribbon
3. a band
4. a bond
5. a leash (for a dog)

Derived terms

• samband

Etymology 2

From English band (music)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bænd/, /b?nd/

Noun

band n (definite singular bandet, indefinite plural band, definite plural banda)

1. (music) a band

References

• “band” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *band?.

Noun

band n (genitive bands, plural b?nd)

1. the act of binding or settling

   Antonym: lausn
2. band, cord
3. (plural only) bonds, fetters
4. (plural only) bond, confederacy
5. (plural only, poetic) the gods

Declension

Derived terms

• bandamaðr m (“confederate”)
• bandingi m (“prisoner”)

Related terms

• binda (“to bind”)

Descendants

References

• band in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse band.

Pronunciation

Noun

band n

1. a band, a ribbon, a tape; a strip of material
2. a band, an ensemble, an orchestra; group of musicians
3. a band, a gang; band of robbers
4. (physics) a band; a part of radio spectrum
5. (physics) a band; a group of energy levels
6. an audio tape or a video tape
7. a cassette of audio or video tape
8. a tie, a connection, a relation; from a person to another person or to a place

Declension

Derived terms

• halsband
• kasettband

Related terms

• banda
• bandning

Etymology 2

From English band

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?band/

Noun

band n

1. (music) a band

Declension

Verb

band

1. past tense of binda.

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English band.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /band/

Noun

band m (plural bandiau)

1. band (group of musicians)
2. band (strip of material)
3. (physics) band

Derived terms

• band arian (“silver band”)
• band eang (“broadband”)
• band lastig (“elastic band”)
• band llydan (“broadband”)
• band pres (“brass band”)

Mutation

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “band”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies