balefire
Example Sentences
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It was Hildeburh’s hest, at Hnaef’s own pyre the bairn of her body on brands to lay, his bones to burn, on the balefire placed, at his uncle’s side.
From Beowulf by Francis Barton Gummere
The wise old man spake much in his sorrow, and sent you greetings and bade that ye build, when he breathed no more, on the place of his balefire a barrow high, memorial mighty.
From Beowulf by Francis Barton Gummere
This word was the last which the wise old man harbored in heart ere hot death-waves of balefire he chose.
From Beowulf by Francis Barton Gummere
"Ay, ay!" he said in the English, after a pause that kept the room more intent on his face than on the balefire.
From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Neil Munro
A single window in the wing gleamed like a balefire in the rays of the setting sun.
From Shapes that Haunt the Dusk by William Dean Howells
