bål

From Old Norse bál (“fire”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“light, bright”).

• Rhymes: -ɔːl

bål n (singular definite bålet, plural indefinite bål)

1. fire, bonfire, pyre

• ild c

• “bål” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Norse bál.

bål n (definite singular bålet, indefinite plural bål, definite plural båla or bålene)

1. a bonfire

• leirbål

• “bål” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse bál.

bål n (definite singular bålet, indefinite plural bål, definite plural båla)

1. a bonfire

• leirbål

• “bål” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /boːl/
• Rhymes: -oːl

From Old Norse bál (“fire”), from Proto-Germanic *bēlą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“light, bright”).

bål n

1. pyre, bonfire

From Old Norse bolr (“bole”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to swell up”). Doublet of boll, bula, and bulle. Cognate of English bole, German Bohle (“thick plank”).

bål c

1. (botany) bole; the trunk or stem of a tree
2. (anatomy) the front part of the torso

• stam

From English bowl.

bål c

1. a fruity, not so strong alcoholic drink
2. a wide bowl used to serve the above mentioned drink

• bål in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bål in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bål in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• bål in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

• blå