5 letters · 7 points in Scrabble
verb cause a floating log to rotate by treading
originFrom Middle English birlen, from Old English byrelian (“to give or serve a drink to”), from byrele (“cupbearer, steward, butler”), from Proto-Germanic *burilijaz (“carrier, manservant”), from *burjô (“descendant, son”), from *beraną (“to bear, carry”). Related to Old English byre (“son, offspring, youth”). More at bear.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0