Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Bane

really means ruin, death, or destruction (Anglo-Saxon, bana, a murderer); and “I will be his bane,” means I will ruin or murder him. Bane is, therefore, a mortal injury.

My bane and antidote are both before it.
This [sword] in a moment brings me to an end.
But this [Plato] assures me I shall never die.

Addison: Cuto.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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