balefire

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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 Gummere, Francis Barton

This word was the last which the wise old man harbored in heart ere hot death-waves of balefire he chose.

From Beowulf by Gummere, Francis Barton

From Aeschere old, loyal councillor, life was gone; nor might they e’en, when morning broke, those Danish people, their death-done comrade burn with brands, on balefire lay the man they mourned.

From Beowulf by Gummere, Francis Barton

A single window in the wing gleamed like a balefire in the rays of the setting sun.

From Shapes that Haunt the Dusk by Howells, William Dean

The balefire smouldered in his eye, And still he muttered, hurtling by, "Excelsior!"

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 25, 1917 by Various