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BEALO

  • noun [ neuter ]
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BEALO, bealu, balu; gen. bealowes, bealwes, bealuwes, baluwes; dat. bealuwe, bealwe, baluwe, bealo; acc. bealu, balu, bealo; instr. bealwe, bealuwe; pl. gen. bealwa, bealuwa, baluwa; dat. instr. balawum; balawun; n.
BALE, woe, harm, evil, mischief; malum, calamitas, pernicies, damnum, noxa, tribulatio
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  • Hæfdon bealo

    they had woe,

    • Cd. 214; Th. 269, 10
    • ;
    • Sat. 71
    • .
  • Bealowes gást

    spirit of evil

    [diabolus],

    • Cd. 228; Th. 307, 19
    • ;
    • Sat. 682
    • .
  • Oft heó to bealwe bearn afédeþ

    often she nourisheth her child to woe,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 745
    • ;
    • Sal. 372
    • .
  • Him to bealwe

    to their own harm,

    • Exon. 24 a ; Th. 68, 19
    • ;
    • Cri. 1106
    • .
  • Bealwe gebǽded

    by calamity compelled,

    • Beo. Th. 5644
    • ;
    • B. 2826
    • .
  • Ne ondrǽde ic ðínra wíta bealo

    I dread not the evil of thy torments,

    • Exon. 68 b ; Th. 255, 9
    • ;
    • Jul. 211
    • .
wickedness, depravity; malities, nequitia
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  • Me wið blódhreówes weres bealuwe gehǽle

    preserve me against the wickedness of the blood-thirsty man,

    • Ps. Th. 58, 2
    • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. balu
:
O. Frs. balu
:
O. H. Ger. balo
:
Goth. balweins punishment, pain
:
O. Nrs. böl
:
Slav. ból pain
.]
Derived forms
aldor-bealo, ealdor-, feorh-, firen-, folc-, helle-, hreðer-, leód-, mán-, morþ-, morþor-, niht-, sweord-, þeód-, un-, wíg-
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v.  balewe balo balw bealu.
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  • BEALO, n.