"bale-fyre" meaning in Middle English

See bale-fyre in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈbaːlfiːr/, /ˈbalfiːr/
Etymology: From Old English bǣlfȳr; equivalent to bale + fyr. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|bǣlfȳr}} Old English bǣlfȳr, {{af|enm|bale|fyr}} bale + fyr Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} bale-fyre
  1. bonfire Synonyms: bale fyre, bale fire, bale-fire, balowe fyre, balowe fyer, bole fur
    Sense id: en-bale-fyre-enm-noun-xBcmZ4oH Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "balefire"
          },
          "expansion": "English: balefire",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: balefire"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "balefire"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: balefire",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: balefire"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "bǣlfȳr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English bǣlfȳr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "bale",
        "3": "fyr"
      },
      "expansion": "bale + fyr",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English bǣlfȳr; equivalent to bale + fyr.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "bale-fyre",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bonfire"
      ],
      "id": "en-bale-fyre-enm-noun-xBcmZ4oH",
      "links": [
        [
          "bonfire",
          "bonfire"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bale fyre"
        },
        {
          "word": "bale fire"
        },
        {
          "word": "bale-fire"
        },
        {
          "word": "balowe fyre"
        },
        {
          "word": "balowe fyer"
        },
        {
          "word": "bole fur"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbaːlfiːr/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbalfiːr/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bale-fyre"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "balefire"
          },
          "expansion": "English: balefire",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: balefire"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "balefire"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: balefire",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: balefire"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "bǣlfȳr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English bǣlfȳr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "bale",
        "3": "fyr"
      },
      "expansion": "bale + fyr",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English bǣlfȳr; equivalent to bale + fyr.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "bale-fyre",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English compound terms",
        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English multiword terms",
        "Middle English nouns",
        "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
        "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bonfire"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bonfire",
          "bonfire"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbaːlfiːr/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbalfiːr/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "bale fyre"
    },
    {
      "word": "bale fire"
    },
    {
      "word": "bale-fire"
    },
    {
      "word": "balowe fyre"
    },
    {
      "word": "balowe fyer"
    },
    {
      "word": "bole fur"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bale-fyre"
}

Download raw JSONL data for bale-fyre meaning in Middle English (1.4kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.