bale|fire

bale|fire
bale|fire «BAYL FYR», noun. Archaic.
1. a great fire in the open air; bonfire.
2. a signal fire; bale.
3. the flame of a funeral pyre.
[Middle English bale, bayle (fire) < Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic bāl flame)]

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