*pry: 'to insult, blame'
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PS *pry 'to insult' (SEDonline 1754); EDA I 228–229 (◊P0389) compares Akk. parû 'to insult, to speak basely' with Arb. fry (IV) 'to blame, to censure'. Cf. 1745 *pVrVy- 'cut' (Akk. parû 'to cut through', Arb. fry 'slit').
Updated 25 October 2026