byrl
byrl is the alternative form of birle.
Meaning of birle
Verb
birle (third-person singular simple present birles, present participle birling, simple past and past participle birled)
- To pour a drink (for).
- c.1882-1898, Francis James Child (collector and editor), Child's Ballads, Number 68: "Young Hunting",
She has birld in him Young Hunting / The good ale and the beer, / Till he was as fou drunken / As any wild-wood steer.
- c.1882-1898, Francis James Child (collector and editor), Child's Ballads, Number 68: "Young Hunting",
- To drink deeply or excessively; carouse.
- c.1882-1898, Francis James Child (collector and editor), Child's Ballads, Number 73: "Lord Thomas and Fair Annet",
They birled, they birled at Annies wake / The white bread and the wine, / And ere the morn at that same time / At his they birled the same.
- c.1882-1898, Francis James Child (collector and editor), Child's Ballads, Number 73: "Lord Thomas and Fair Annet",
Forms of byrl
| third-person singular present | byrls |
|---|---|
| present participle | byrling |
| past participle | byrled |
| past | byrled |
Questions about byrl
- What is byrl the alternative form of?
- Byrl is the alternative form of birle.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: byrl (page history and authors); birle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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