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語源

From 中期英語 bale-fyre, from 古期英語 bǣlfȳr (“balefire, funeral or sacrificial fire”); equivalent to bale (“funeral pyre”) +‎ fire.

名詞

balefire (plural balefires)

1. A bonfire, any large outdoor fire (for example those used in a funeral pyre, or in witches' rituals).
   • 2002, Marilyn F. Daniel, Kitchen Witchery‎, Weiser, →ISBN, page 236:

     Rites done on a lakeshore or seashore can be illuminated with balefires of dried driftwood collected prior to the rite.

関連する語

• bale
• fire

参考

• bonfire
• pyre

アナグラム

• afebrile, fireable