lereke

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Etymology

From Middle English lerke, leverock, from Old English lāwerce, from Proto-West Germanic *laiwarikā.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛˈriːk/, /ˈlɛrək/
  • IPA(key): /ˈlarək/ (spelled larock)[1]

Noun

lereke

  1. lark[2]

References

  1. ^ Diarmaid Ó Muirithe (1990) “A Modern Glossary of the Dialect of Forth and Bargy”, in lrish University Review, volume 20, number 1, Edinburgh University Press, page 158
  2. ^ Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 53