a funeral pile

  • 41Noads — This is without doubt one of the most unusual of habitational surname with an Olde English pre 7th Century origin. The derivation is from the word ad , however, the precise meaning is unclear and appears to have a different translation in… …

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  • 42pyre — Synonyms and related words: backfire, balefire, beacon, beacon fire, blaze, bonfire, burning, burning ghat, campfire, cheerful fire, combustion, conflagration, corposant, cozy fire, crackling fire, cremation, crematory, death fire, fen fire, fire …

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  • 43bǽl — n ( es/ ) 1. fire, flame; 2. the fire of a funeral pyre, in which dead bodies were burned, a funeral pile; 3. bonfire …

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  • 44ád — m ( es/ as) heap, funeral pile, pile, pyre; fire, flame [OHG eit] …

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  • 45ádfær — n ( es/ faru) the pile way, the way to the funeral pile …

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  • 46Balefire — Bale fire (b[=a]l f[imac]r), n. [AS. b[=ae]lf[=y]r the fire of the funeral pile; b[=ae]l fire, flame (akin to Icel. b[=a]l, OSlav. b[=e]l[u^], white, Gr. falo s bright, white, Skr. bh[=a]la brightness) + f[=y]r, E. fire.] A signal fire; an alarm… …

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  • 47Edified — Edify Ed i*fy, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Edified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Edifying}.] [F. [ e]difier, L. aedificare; aedes a building, house, orig., a fireplace (akin to Gr. ? to burn, Skr. idh to kindle, OHG. eit funeral pile, AS. [=a]d, OIr. aed fire) +… …

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  • 48Edify — Ed i*fy, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Edified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Edifying}.] [F. [ e]difier, L. aedificare; aedes a building, house, orig., a fireplace (akin to Gr. ? to burn, Skr. idh to kindle, OHG. eit funeral pile, AS. [=a]d, OIr. aed fire) + facere… …

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  • 49Edifying — Edify Ed i*fy, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Edified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Edifying}.] [F. [ e]difier, L. aedificare; aedes a building, house, orig., a fireplace (akin to Gr. ? to burn, Skr. idh to kindle, OHG. eit funeral pile, AS. [=a]d, OIr. aed fire) +… …

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  • 50Moloch — For other uses, see Moloch (disambiguation). Religions of the Ancient Near East …

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