bale
The origin and history of bale.
Etymology
From Old English bealu ("evil, harm"), an older sense now mostly obsolete; the "bundle" sense comes from a separate, related Germanic word for a compressed package of goods.
The origin and history of bale.
From Old English bealu ("evil, harm"), an older sense now mostly obsolete; the "bundle" sense comes from a separate, related Germanic word for a compressed package of goods.
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