Bane
Bane (bān) , noun
[Old English bane destruction, Anglo-Saxon bana murderer; akin to Icelandic bani death, murderer, Old High German bana murder, bano murderer, Gothic banja stroke, wound, Greek foney`s murderer, fo`nos murder, OIr. bath death, benim I strike. r31.]
1.
That which destroys life, esp. poison of a deadly quality. [Obsolete except in combination, as in ratsbane, henbane, etc.]
2.
Destruction; death. [Obsolete]
The cup of deception spiced and tempered to their bane.
3.
Any cause of ruin, or lasting injury; harm; woe.
Money, thou bane of bliss, and source of woe.
4.
A disease in sheep, commonly termed the rot.
Bane , transitive verb
To be the bane of; to ruin. [Obsolete] — Fuller