Bealo(-u)

According to the Old English Dictionary:

bealo(-u)

n. Add: I. hurt, mischief, destruction:--Þǽr wæs ꝥ brýdealo ꝥ wæs manegra manna bealo (mannum tó beala, ), Chr. 1075; P. 210, 35. Þæt bráde bealo and se byrnenda grund, Wlfst. 186, 11. Hit bið him sylfum tó bealowe geðyged, Hml. Th. i. 266, 14. I a. a noxious thing:--Bollan mid bealuwe (with a noxious draught) áfylled, Hml. S. 14, 68. Þæt his yrþ sí geborgen wið ealra bealwa gehwylc, Lch. i. 402, 10. II. malice:--Þone láreów selfne þæs bealwes ipsum malitiae magistrum, Gr. D. 121, 12. Ne níþa tó georn, ne bealwes tó beald, Bl. H. 109, 28. Hé wæs bealwes full, Hml. S. 7, 396. Gebealh hine Acitofel and mid bealwe wearð áfylled, 19, 208: Ps. Th. 58, 2. bealo-u

Related words: l.