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láwerce

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
láwerce, an; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§264;
A lark, laverock
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  • Láuerce

    alauda,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 37
    • ;
    • Som. 62, 127
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 29, 22
    • .
  • Láwerce

    tilaris,

    • Wrt. Voc. 62, 42
    • :

    laude,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 49
    • .
  • Lǽwerce

    caradrion,

    • 13, 46
    • .
  • Láuricae

    allauda,

    • 100, 9
    • .
  • Láurice

    laudæ,

    • 112, 26
    • .
  • Láfercan beorh

    occurs several times in charters.

      v.
    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 307
    • .
    Cf. O. H. Ger. Lériehanvelt.
Etymology
[
Icel. lævirki
:
O. H. Ger. lérahha caradrius, caradrion, aloda, laudula
:
M. H. Ger. lérche
:
Ger. lerche.
]
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v.  lǽwerce.
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  • láwerce, n.