The corpus record

βίρρη·

birre

pair of fire-tongs; pruning-knife

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What it meant

1. βίρρη · birrē — Beekes

βίρρη - πυράγρα, οἱ δὲ δρέπανον ‘pair of fire-tongs; pruning-knife’ (H.). eETYM Fur.: 232, 251 compares Svan berez ‘iron’; Akk. parzillu, Hebr. barzel, Ugar. brsl, South Arabic przn ‘id’; furthermore, OE bres, OFris. bras(penning), Basque burdin (cf. Dussaud 1953: 162). Is the word from Asia Minor? 216 βίρρος — [Beekes, s.v. βίρρη, p. 262]

2. βίρρη· · birrē· — LSJ

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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