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▪ I. † birle, n. Obs.
Also 1 byrele, byrle, 2–3 birle, 3 borle, (Orm.) birrle.
[OE. byrele, byrle, str. masc., of uncertain etymology (perh. for earlier byrel:—OTeut. type *burilo-z, f. beran to bear). The ON. byrli ‘cupbearer,’ byrla ‘to pour out,’ were prob. adopted from OE.]
One who pours out drink; a cupbearer, butler.
a1000Beowulf 2327 Byrelas sealdon win of wunder-fatum. c1000ælfric Gen. xl. 20 Þæra byrla ealdor. c1200Ormin 14053 Acc wel þe birrless wisstenn. c1205Lay. 24604 Beduer, þas kinges hæȝe birle [c 1250 borle, and so always].
▪ II. birle, v. Obs. except dial.|bɜːl|
Forms: 1 byrlian, 3 (Orm.) birrlenn, 3–4 birlen, 5 bryllyn, 5–6 byrle, 6 birll, 8 birle (9 dial. burl), 6– birl.
[OE. byrelian, f. byrele: see prec.]
1. To draw or pour out (drink, to or for any one).
a1000Guthlac (Gr.) 840 Þone bitran drync, þone Ewe fyrn Adame ᵹeaf, byrelade bryd ᵹeong. c1200Ormin 15396 Þuss birrleþþ defell & hiss þeww Aȝȝ werrse & werrse drinnchess. c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 43 Þei drinke..and birlen it to oþere men. c1435Torr. Portugal 292 Sche byrlyd whyt wyne and rede. c1510Skelton Elynour Rum. 268 Dame Elynour entrete To byrle them of the best. 1548Hall Chron. (1809) 605 Bacchus birlyng the wyne which by the Conduytes in therth ranne to all people. 1851N. & Q. Ser. i. III. 204/2 ‘Told me to burl out the beer..and I burled out a glass and gave it to him.’ 1875Lanc. Gloss. (E.D.S.) 40 ‘Birl out th' beer.’
2. To supply or ply with drink.
a1225Anc. R. 226 He þeonne mid tet, birleð him ilome. a1325Metr. Hom. (1863) 121 Than birles he thaim wit waikere [win]. a1800Earl Richard iii. in Scott Minstr., She birled him wi' the ale and wine.
3. intr. To carouse; trans. to drink and pass (the cup). (A modern pseudo-archaism.)
a1800Ballad Sir P. Spens i, Hie sits oor king in Dumfermline, Sits birlin at the wine. 1816Scott Old Mort. x, Birling the brown bowl wi' the fowler and the falconer. 1818― Rob Roy xiv, The twa loons that did the deed birling and drinking wi' him. |