larke

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Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

laverche, laveroc, laverke, laverock, leverock, lerke, livroche, laverok

Etymology[edit]

From Old English lāwerce, from Proto-Germanic *laiwarikǭ.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈlark(ə)/, /ˈlavərk(ə)/, /ˈlavərtʃ(ə)/

Noun[edit]

larke (plural larkes)

skylark (Alauda arvensis)
The meat of a skylark.

Descendants[edit]

English: lark, laverock, lavrock
Scots: lark, lork, laveirk, laverok
Yola: lereke, lerock

References[edit]

“lark(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-11.

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