balefire

Nay, even such a birth hath Venus of her own, a second Paris, another balefire for Troy towers reborn.'

From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil

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

Up to the window the company crowded, and they could see the balefire blazing hotly against the cool light of the moon and the widely sprinkled stars.

From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Neil Munro

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

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