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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *bēlą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Cognate with Old Norse bál (whence Icelandic bál (“a fire; a conflagration”), Danish bål (“fire, bonfire, pyre”), Norwegian bål and Swedish bål (“pyre, bonfire”)). Further Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit भाल (bhāla, “splendour”), Ancient Greek φαλός (phalós, “white”) and Old Armenian բալ (bal, “fog”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bǣl n (nominative plural bǣl)
- funeral pyre, bonfire
- fire, flame, blaze
Declension
Strong a-stem:
Derived terms
Descendants
- Middle English: bale (possibly from Old Norse)