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English
Etymology 1
Latin lucerna.
Noun
lucern (plural lucerns)
- (obsolete) A lamp.
a. 1500, Robert Henryson, Ane Prayer for the Pest:Superne Lucerne, guberne this pestilens
Etymology 2
French luzerne.
Noun
lucern (uncountable)
- Alternative form of lucerne (the plant alfalfa)
Etymology 3
Probably adapted from obsolete German lüchsern (“pertaining to the lynx”, adjective) (attested 1600s), as applied to the fur or skin of the lynx, from Luchs (“lynx”).
Noun
lucern (plural lucerns)
- (obsolete) The lynx, viewed as an animal hunted for its fur or skin.
c. 1622, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger , “Beggars Bush”, in Comedies and Tragedies , London: Humphrey Robinson, , and for Humphrey Moseley , published 1647, →OCLC, Act III, scene iii:The pole-cat, martern, and the rich-skin'd lucern / I know to chase.
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