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balefire
[ beyl-fahyuhr ]
noun
- a large fire in the open air; bonfire.
- a signal fire; beacon.
- the fire of a funeral pile.
balefire
/ ˈɪˌڲɪə /
noun
- a bonfire
- a beacon fire
- a funeral pyre
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of balefire1
C14 bale , from Old English ǣ pyre; related to Old Norse flame, pyre, Sanskrit 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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