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English

Etymology 1

From Middle English lire, lyre, from Old English l?ra (“any fleshy part of the body, muscle, calf of the leg”), from Proto-Germanic *ligwizô, *lihwizô (“thigh, groin”), from Proto-Indo-European *lek?s-, *lewks- (“groin”). Cognate with Dutch lies (“groin”), Swedish lår (“thigh”).

Noun

lire (plural lires)

1. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Flesh, brawn, or muscle; the fleshy part of a person or animal in contradistinction to the bone and skin.
2. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) The fleshy part of a roast capon, etc. as distinguished from a limb or joint.

Etymology 2

From Middle English lire, lyre, from Old Norse hlýr (“cheeks”, plural). Compare Middle English lere, from Old English hl?or (“cheek, countenance, complexion”). More at leer.

Noun

lire (plural lires)

1. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) The cheek.
2. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) Face; appearance of the face or skin; complexion; hue.

Etymology 3

From Old Norse líri. Cognate with Norwegian lira.

Noun

lire (plural lires)

1. (Britain dialectal, Scotland, Orkney, Shetland, ornithology) The Manx shearwater (bird).

Etymology 4

From Italian lire.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??r?

Noun

lire

1. plural of lira

Homophones

• lyre

Anagrams

• Iler, Irel., Lier, Reil, Riel, lier, riel, rile

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li?/
• Homophones: lires, lyre, lyrent, lyres
• Rhymes: -i?

Etymology 1

From Old French lire, from Latin legere, present active infinitive of leg?, from Proto-Italic *leg?, from Proto-Indo-European *le?-.

Verb

lire

1. (transitive, intransitive) to read
2. (reflexive, se lire) to be read

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian lira, compare French livre.

Noun

lire f (plural lires)

1. lira (unit of currency)

Anagrams

• lier

Further reading

• “lire” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

lire f

1. plural of lira

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German.

Noun

lire f (definite singular lira, indefinite plural lirer, definite plural lirene)

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Etymology 2

From Old Norse líri m, likely onomatopoetic.

Noun

lire f (definite singular lira, indefinite plural lirer, definite plural lirene)

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Derived terms

• havlire

Etymology 3

Italian plural of lira, from Latin libra (“pound, weight”). Doublet of lira.

Noun

lire m (definite singular liren, indefinite plural lirar or lire, definite plural lirane)

2. (numismatics) lira (currency of Italy)

References

• “lire” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin legere, present active infinitive of leg?.

Verb

lire

1. (transitive, intransitive) to read
2. (reflexive, se lire) to be read

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Related terms

• eslire
• relire

Descendants

• French: lire

Further reading

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (lire)

English

Alternative forms

• lurk, lerk, lairk, lark

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)k

Etymology 1

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

Verb

lirk (third-person singular simple present lirks, present participle lirking, simple past and past participle lirked)

1. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To jerk.
2. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To crease; rumple; cause to hang in loose folds.
3. (intransitive, Britain dialectal, Scotland) To become creased or wrinkled.

Etymology 2

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

Noun

lirk (plural lirks)

1. (transitive, Britain dialectal) A crease; rumple; fold.
2. (transitive, Britain dialectal, Scotland) A fold in the skin; a wrinkle.