larke
Middle English
Alternative forms
- laverche, laveroc, laverke, laverock, leverock, lerke, livroche, laverok
Etymology
From Old English lāwerce, from Proto-Germanic *laiwarikǭ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlark(ə)/, /ˈlavərk(ə)/, /ˈlavərtʃ(ə)/
Noun
larke (plural larkes)
- skylark (Alauda arvensis)
- The meat of a a skylark.
Descendants
- English: lark, laverock, lavrock
- Scots: lark, lork, laveirk, laverok
- Yola: lereke, lerock
References
- “lark(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-11.