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lirt en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English lirten, lurten (“to cheat”), from Old English *lyrtan (found only in belyrtan (“to deceive”)), from Proto-West Germanic *lurtijan (“to deceive”), from Proto-Indo-European *lerd- (“to bend, crook”). Cognate with Scots lirt (“to cheat, deceive, delude”), Middle High German lürzen (“to deceive”), Middle High German lerz, lurz, lorz (“left, left-handed”), Old English lort, lyrt (“crooked”).

Meanings

  1. (UK, dialectal) Deception; guile.
  2. (UK, dialectal) A cheat; a go-by.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
lirts Number=Plur lexicographic
lirte alternative, obsolete lexicographic

lirt en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English lirten, lurten (“to cheat”), from Old English *lyrtan (found only in belyrtan (“to deceive”)), from Proto-West Germanic *lurtijan (“to deceive”), from Proto-Indo-European *lerd- (“to bend, crook”). Cognate with Scots lirt (“to cheat, deceive, delude”), Middle High German lürzen (“to deceive”), Middle High German lerz, lurz, lorz (“left, left-handed”), Old English lort, lyrt (“crooked”).

Meanings

  1. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To deceive; beguile.
  2. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To cheat; befool.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
lirted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lirted Tense=Past lexicographic
lirte alternative, obsolete lexicographic
lirting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lirts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

lirt en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Origin obscure. Perhaps alteration of lirk (“to jerk”).

Meanings

  1. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To toss.
  2. (UK, dialectal, intransitive) To walk or move in a quick, lively, or pert manner.
  3. (UK, dialectal, intransitive) To gambol; frisk.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
lirting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lirts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
lirted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lirted Tense=Past lexicographic