Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗Strength, vigor, energy. · The force of movement; rush, impetus, momentum, driving force. · A whirring noise. · A strong trilling.
To make a whirring noise; make a noise like that of revolving wheels, or of millstones at work. · To lurch or set to spinning.
From Middle English bir (“favorable or strong wind”), from Old English byre (“strong wind, storm”); cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk bør, Icelandic byrr (“sailing winds”), Albanian borë (“snow”), and Polish burza (“storm, thunderstorm”).
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