bæl

See also: bael, ball, bel, bal, Ball, Bel, Bal, BAL, bél, bál, bèl, băl, bål, bel-, and ␇

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
  • IPA(key): /bæːl/

Noun

bǣl n (nominative plural bǣl)

  1. funeral pyre, bonfire
  2. fire, flame, blaze

Derived terms
  • bælþracu
  • bælwudu
  • bælwylm

Descendants
  • Middle English: bale (possibly from Old Norse)
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