Meanings
alternative lulla · alternative lully
- archaicUsed to soothe or urge someone to sleep.
Lullay moon princess, goodnight sister mine, rest now in moonlight's embrace
2012, ponyphonic, Lullaby for a Princess (song)1 more example
...in "Ludus Coventriæ", of the 15th century, we find a specimen of a Lullaby Song ... lully, lullay, Thou little tiny CHILD,
1866, Edmund Sedding, “Lullaby Carols”, in The Gentlemen's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, page 89
Origin
Imitative or onomatopoeic sounds to lull a child to sleep. See also lull and lullaby. Compare Icelandic lúlla, German lullen.
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