Middle English Dictionary Entry
bō̆n-fīr n.
Entry Info
| Forms | bō̆n-fīr n. Also bonne-, bane-. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A fire in which bones were burned, bonfire.
Associated quotations
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)8a : A Banefyre: Ignisossium.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)182/32 : But ȝet, yn þe worschip of Saynt Ion, men waken at evyn and maken þre maner of fyrys: on ys clen bonys and no wod, and ys callyd a bonnefyre.