different between lurt vs gurt

English

Etymology

Of North Germanic origin, related to Danish lort (“excrement”) and Norwegian lort (“filth, dirt, excrement”).

Noun

lurt (plural lurts)

1. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) A lump of dirt or excrement; a turd.

Related terms

• lurry

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

lurt

1. neuter singular of lur

Verb

lurt

1. past participle of lure

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Adjective

lurt

1. neuter singular of lur

Etymology 2

Verb

lurt

1. past participle of lura

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????t/
• (West Country, UK) IPA^(key): /????t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?????t/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t

Etymology 1

Origin obscure. Possibly a metathesis of gutter.

Noun

gurt (plural gurts)

1. (mining) A gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of a working drift.

Etymology 2

From Middle English girt, gert, a metathetic variant of gret (“great”). More at great.

Alternative forms

• gert
• girt

Adjective

gurt

1. (Britain dialect, West Country) Pronunciation spelling of great.

   Then I opens the cupboard door and I sees a gurt big spider looking up at me.

   • 1842, The Sportsman, Volume VI: January to June, page 103,

     Zo ?e bought a slap-up rod and tackle, and, ev coose, a darn gurt book vull o? vlies — talk?d about ketchin? whackin? trout, and me — ap a salmon the fust time.

   • 1845, Douglas Jerrold (editor), Shilling Magazine, Volume II: July to December, page 416,

     “That was the word,” said Farmer Forder. “Hav?n pocketed the tuppunce, the chap as show?d off the clock opened the case, and let me zee the works of ?un, and wonderful works they was : wheels within wheels, and all sorts o? crinkum-crankums, like a gurt puzzle. […] ”

   • “Down there, sir, under that gurt oak-tree.”

     Not a bird, however, was to be found.

References

Anagrams

• trug, turg

Yola

Alternative forms

• grut

Etymology

From Middle English grot, from Old English grot, from Proto-Germanic *grut?.

Noun

gurt (plural gurthes)

1. coarse oatmeal

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN