bål

From Old Norse bál (“fire”)

• Rhymes: -ɔːl

bål n (singular definite bålet, plural indefinite bål)

1. fire, bonfire, pyre

• ild c

• “bål” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

bål

Wikipedia ^no

From Old Norse bál.

bål n (definite singular bålet, indefinite plural bål, definite plural båla or bålene)

1. a bonfire

• leirbål

• “bål” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

bål

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

From Old Norse bál.

bål n (definite singular bålet, indefinite plural bål, definite plural båla)

1. a bonfire

• leirbål

• “bål” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

bål

Wikipedia ^sv

• IPA^(key): /boːl/
• Rhymes: -oːl

From Old Norse bál (“fire”), from Proto-Germanic *bēlą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“light, bright”).

bål n

2. pyre, bonfire

From Old Norse bolr (“bole”). Doublet of boll, bula, and bulle. Cognate of English bole, German Bohle (“thick plank”).

bål c

2. (anatomy) torso
3. (botany) bole (trunk or stem of a tree)

• stam

From English bowl.

bål c

2. punch (fruity drink served in a punch bowl)
3. a punch bowl

• bål in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bål in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bål in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH
• bål in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

• blå