different between larf vs lare

English

Verb

larf (third-person singular simple present larfs, present participle larfin', simple past and past participle larfed)

1. (chiefly Cockney) Pronunciation spelling of laugh. [19th century to the present]
   • 1901, Miles Franklin, My Brilliant Career, chapter 31

     The neighbours described me as "a sorrowful lookin' delicate creetur', that couldn't larf to save her life" […]

Noun

larf (plural larfs)

1. (chiefly Cockney) Pronunciation spelling of laugh. [20th century to the present]

References

• “larf” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd edition; 1989]

Anagrams

• farl

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?rf/
• Hyphenation: larf
• Rhymes: -?rf

Noun

larf f (plural larven, diminutive larfje n)

1. Alternative form of larve.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??(?)/
• Homophones: lair, layer

Etymology 1

See lore.

Noun

lare

1. (obsolete) lore; learning

Etymology 2

See lair

Noun

lare (plural lares)

1. (obsolete) pasture; feed

Verb

lare (third-person singular simple present lares, present participle laring, simple past and past participle lared)

1. (obsolete) To feed; to fatten

Etymology 3

Noun

lare (plural lares)

1. Obsolete form of lair.

Anagrams

• Arel, Earl, Elar, Lear, Rael, Raël, Real, earl, lear, rale, real

Javanese

Noun

lare

1. Dated spelling of laré.

Latin

Noun

lare

1. vocative singular of larus
2. ablative singular of l?r

Middle English

Noun

lare

1. Alternative form of lore

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *laiz?. Cognates include Old English l?r and Old Saxon l?ra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?la?re/

Noun

l?re f

1. teaching, doctrine

Descendants

• Saterland Frisian: Leere
• West Frisian: leare

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ?ISBN