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lirt.

To deceive; beguile.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. To deceive; beguile.

    UK · dialectal · transitive
  2. To cheat; befool.

    UK · dialectal · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English lirten, lurten (“to cheat”), from Old English *lyrtan (found only in belyrtan (“to deceive”)), from Proto-West Germanic *lurtijan (“to deceive”), from Proto-Indo-European *lerd- (“to bend, crook”). Cognate with Scots lirt (“to cheat, deceive, delude”), Middle High German lürzen (“to deceive”), Middle High German lerz, lurz, lorz (“left, left-handed”), Old English lort, lyrt (“crooked”).

noun
  1. Deception; guile.

    UK · dialectal
  2. A cheat; a go-by.

    UK · dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Middle English lirten, lurten (“to cheat”), from Old English *lyrtan (found only in belyrtan (“to deceive”)), from Proto-West Germanic *lurtijan (“to deceive”), from Proto-Indo-European *lerd- (“to bend, crook”). Cognate with Scots lirt (“to cheat, deceive, delude”), Middle High German lürzen (“to deceive”), Middle High German lerz, lurz, lorz (“left, left-handed”), Old English lort, lyrt (“crooked”).

verb
  1. To toss.

    UK · dialectal · transitive
  2. To walk or move in a quick, lively, or pert manner.

    UK · dialectal · intransitive
  3. To gambol; frisk.

    UK · dialectal · intransitive
Where this word comes from

Origin obscure. Perhaps alteration of lirk (“to jerk”).

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