Lure

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.

• IPA^(key): /lyʁ/

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Lure ?

1. Lure (a small town and commune of Haute-Saône department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)

• luron, Luron

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

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

• Rhymes: -uːʁə

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