pyr

See also: pýr and pyr-

Westrobothnian

Etymology

Unknown. Compare Bornholmian pyre, pyra, Scanian pyra (“to seep,”) pora (“to grow badly,”) Swedish pyra (“to smoulder,”) Finnish pyrin (“to endeavor, eagerly strive for,”) Helsingian pora, pura, påra (“to work slowly, do something gradually,”) English pore (“to read, study carefully.”)

Noun

pyr n

  1. Dull puttering; slow task that requires much time.
  2. Trouble.
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