Etymology

lirk

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Today it means: To jerk. Full definition →

Middle English lyrken ← Old Norse lerka
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lirk · verb1

  1. Old Norse · derived fromlerka“to plait, fold, bind, lace up tightly, chastise”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromlyrken
  3. English todaylirk

From Middle English lyrken, from Old Norse lerka (“to plait, fold, bind, lace up tightly, chastise”), related to Old Norse lurkr (“cudgel, club”) (see Proto-Celtic *lorgā).

lirk · noun2

  1. Middle English · inherited fromlerke
  2. English todaylirk

From Middle English lerke, from the verb. See above.

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