bealo
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbæɑlo/, [ˈbæɑɫo]
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *balwą (“evil”). Cognate with Old Frisian balu, Old Saxon balu, Old High German balo, Old Norse bǫl, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (balweins, “torture”).
Noun
bealo n
- (poetic) harm, evil, malice
- 10th century, Codex Exoniensis:
- Ne ondræde ic ðinra wita bealo
- I do not dread the evil of your torments.
- 10th century, Codex Exoniensis:
Declension
Declension of bealo
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bealo | bealo |
| accusative | bealo | bealo |
| genitive | bealwes | bealwa |
| dative | bealwe | bealwum |
Derived terms
- bealocwealm
- bealohȳdiġ
Descendants
- English: bale
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *balwaz (“evil”).
Declension
| Weak | Strong | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| case | singular | plural | case | singular | plural | ||||||||
| m | n | f | m | n | f | m | n | f | |||||
| nominative | bealwa | bealwe | bealwe | bealwan | nom. | bealo | bealo | bealu | bealwe | bealu, -bealwe | bealwa, -e | ||
| accusative | bealwan | bealwe | bealwan | acc. | bealone | bealo | bealwe | bealwe | bealu, -bealwe | bealwa, -bealwe | |||
| genitive | bealwan | bealora, bealwena | gen. | bealwes | bealwes | bealore | bealora | ||||||
| dative | bealwan | bealwum | dat. | bealwum | bealwum | bealore | bealwum | ||||||
| instrumental | bealwe | ||||||||||||
References
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