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lur

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See also: lúr and lûr

English

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Danish Bronze-Age lur (13th-5th c. BCE)
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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From a North Germanic language. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lur (plural lurs)

  1. (music, historical) A long natural blowing horn without finger holes, played by embouchure.

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Anagrams

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Basque

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Etymology

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From Proto-Basque *lur.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lur inan

  1. earth, soil
  2. land
  3. (electricity) earth, ground

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ lur” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Further reading

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  • lur”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • lur”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Chinese

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Etymology

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Irregular romanisation of 𦧲.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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lur

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Alternative form of 𦧲

Lolopo

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Etymology

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From Chinese (MC ljowng).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lur 

  1. (Yao'an) dragon
    Synonym: lursae

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From the verb lure.

Adjective

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lur (neuter singular lurt, definite singular and plural lure, comparative lurere, indefinite superlative lurest, definite superlative lureste)

  1. clever, cunning, smart

Etymology 2

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From the verb lure (sense 1), and Old Norse lúðr (sense 2).

Noun

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lur m (definite singular luren, indefinite plural lurer, definite plural lurene)

  1. a nap (short period of sleep)
  2. (music) a horn (device emitting a loud sound)

Etymology 3

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Verb

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lur

  1. imperative of lure

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From the verb lure.

Adjective

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lur (neuter lurt, definite singular and plural lure, comparative lurare, indefinite superlative lurast, definite superlative luraste)

  1. clever, cunning, smart

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse lúðr.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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lur m (definite singular luren, indefinite plural lurar, definite plural lurane)

  1. a lur (a long natural blowing horn without finger holes, played by embouchure.)
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Etymology 3

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First attested by Jacob Nicolai Wilse in 1780.

Noun

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lur m (definite singular luren, indefinite plural lurar, definite plural lurane)

  1. a nap (short period of sleep)

Etymology 4

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Verb

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lur

  1. imperative of lura

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Old Catalan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *illūrum, from Latin illōrum, whence the alternative form mentioned above.

Determiner

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lur

  1. their

Pronoun

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lur

  1. them (dative)

References

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  • “llur” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Romansch

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Etymology

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From Latin illōrum (compare Friulian lôr, French leur, Romanian lor), plural genitive of ille.

Pronoun

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lur

  1. their

Swedish

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en lur (näverlur) (sense 1)
två lurar (bronslurar) (sense 2)
lur på antik [antique] telefon (sense 3.1)
modernare [more modern] lur (telefonlur) (sense 3.1)
en lur (mobiltelefon) (sense 3.2) [colloquial]
ett par [pair] lurar (hörlurar) (sense 3.3)

Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lur c

  1. a simple, straight horn (used as an instrument or for signaling)
  2. a lur (curved Bronze Age horn)
    Synonym: bronslur
  3. a (device that used to be a) flared, possibly curved tube for conveying sound; a horn, a trumpet
    1. a telephone handset
      Synonym: telefonlur
      lyfta på luren
      pick up the phone
      lägga på luren
      hang up the phone
      slänga på luren
      slam down the phone
      lägga på luren i örat på någon
      hang up the phone in someone's ear (hang up on someone)
    2. (colloquial, by extension) a mobile phone
      Jag har skaffat ny lur
      I've bought a new mobile phone
    3. a headphone, an earphone, an earbud
      Synonym: hörlur
      Har du sett mina lurar?
      Have you seen my headphones?
      Ena luren är trasig och den andra brusar
      [The] one earbud is broken and the other one is staticy
    4. an ear trumpet (hearing aid)
  4. a nap
    att ta sig en lur
    to have a nap

Declension

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Declension of lur
nominative genitive
singular indefinite lur lurs
definite luren lurens
plural indefinite lurar lurars
definite lurarna lurarnas

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