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Beal

//biːl// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
A surname from Anglo-Norman.
2
A small village in Kyloe parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU0642).
3
A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE5325).
4
An unincorporated community in Vincennes Township, Knox County, Indiana, United States.

Noun

1
A small inflammatory tumor; pustule. dialectal, obsolete

Verb

1
To gather matter; swell; come to a head, as a pimple; fester; suppurate. Pennsylvania, Scotland, Western, dialectal
2
To bellow, roar, or shout. UK, dialectal

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English beel, bele, from Old English bȳle (“boil, carbuncle, bile”), from Proto-West Germanic *būlijā, from Proto-Germanic *būlijǭ (“swelling”), from *būlǭ (“swelling, bump, boil”). More at boil.

Etymology 2

From Middle English belen, from bele (see above).

Etymology 3

From Middle English belien, from Old Norse belja (“to bellow, roar”).

Etymology 4

Named after several places in England, from Old English beo (“bee”) + hyll (“hill”).

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