abrier

to cover with a bedcover; to tuck in; alternative form of abriter

Inherited from Middle French, from Old French abrier (“to cover”), itself mostly likely from Late Latin aprīcāre, from Latin aprīcārī (“warm in the sun”), from aprīcus (“sunny”). The form abrier may have been of southern French origin, possibly via Old Occitan abriar (cf. the dialectal French form avrier). Compare Occitan, Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese abrigar. Alternatively, and less likely, from a Late Latin *abrīgāre (“to cover, shelter”), from a- + brīgāre, from Frankish *berīhan (“to cov