[bɛ̵r], m. enmity, hatred, hostility.
[←(adaptation)− OIA vaíra- ‘hostile’, n. ‘enmity’ AV. <vīrá- m. ‘man, hero, son’ RV., ‘male of an animal’ AV. ◀PIE *u̯ī̆ro-s ‘man; warrior, hero’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. werewolf, world ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. virile, virtue ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0208; (Turner, 1966) 12142, 12056; (MW, 1899) 1024, 1005; (Pokorny, 1959) 1177; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.588, 2.569
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