| 释义 |
▪ I. † byr, v. Obs.
[The same as bir v., q.v. for etymology.]
1. impers. It belongs to, behoves; see bir v.
2. with personal subject: To owe, ought. [Cf. ]
c1200Ormin 4028 Þat alle þa..Well ȝeorne birrdenn clennsenn hemm I bodiȝ & i sawle. c1325E.E. Allit. P. C. 507 Þe sor of suche a swete place burde synk to my hert. c1330R. Brunne Chron. 76 Þat vengeance burd be don.
▪ II. byr etc.:
see bir.
▪ III. byr(e, byrre
obs. ff. birr n. |