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balefire

[ beyl-fahyuhr ]

noun

  1. a large fire in the open air; bonfire.
  2. a signal fire; beacon.
  3. the fire of a funeral pile.


balefire

/ ˈ²ú±ðɪ±ôËŒ´Ú²¹ÉªÉ™ /

noun

  1. a bonfire
  2. a beacon fire
  3. a funeral pyre
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of balefire1

1250–1300; Middle English bal ( e ) fir, equivalent to bale (< Old Norse ²úÄå±ô funeral pyre) + fire fire; replacing Old English ²úÇ£±ô´Ú²âÌ„°ù
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of balefire1

C14 bale , from Old English ²úÇ£±ô pyre; related to Old Norse ²úÄå±ô flame, pyre, Sanskrit ²ú³óÄå±ô²¹ brightness
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Sweet Teviot! on thy silver tide The glaring balefires blaze no more.

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A single window in the wing gleamed like a balefire in the rays of the setting sun.

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Nay, even such a birth hath Venus of her own, a second Paris, another balefire for Troy towers reborn.'

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Up to the window the company crowded, and they could see the balefire blazing hotly against the cool light of the moon and the widely sprinkled stars.

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Like a balefire should the flame go up that says the king is dead.

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