Lure

See also: lure and lurĕ

French

Etymology

First mentioned in 817 as Luterhaa. Of unclear origin, with proposals including:

• Celtic origin and derived from Gaulish *lautro, from Proto-Celtic *lautros.
• Late Latin lŭtra (“otter”)
• Of Germanic origin, such as being named after Lothair II of Lotharingia, from Frankish *Hlūdhari; or from Old High German hlutar (“limpid, clear”), as the area was known to have many Germanic speakers.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lyʁ/

• Audio (Paris):

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Proper noun

Lure ?

1. A small town and commune of the Haute-Saône department, Franche-Comté, France

Derived terms

• luron, Luron

References

• Xavier Delamarre, Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise, éditions errance 2003. p. 197-198.

German

Etymology

Of North Germanic origin, from Norwegian and Danish lur, from Old Norse lúðr.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːʁə

Noun

Lure f (genitive Lure, plural Luren)

1. (music, historical) lur
   • 1905, Theodor Fontane, Luren-Konzert:

     Luren, in Tagen der Gothen und Geten, / Hießen unsre Nordlands-Trompeten, / Hörner waren’s, von sieben Fuß Länge, / Schlachtruf waren ihre Klänge, / Die Luren, lange vor Gorm dem Alten, / Ueber’s Moor und über die Haide schallten …

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Declension

Declension of Lure [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Lure	die	Luren
genitive	einer	der	Lure	der	Luren
dative	einer	der	Lure	den	Luren
accusative	eine	die	Lure	die	Luren

Further reading

• “Lure” in Duden online
• “Lure” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Lure (Blasinstrument) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de