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Definition of Lurdane
1. lurdan [n -S] - See also: lurdan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lurdane
Literary usage of Lurdane
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
""Sir John Smith's second fault, far worse than the first, albeit a lurdane to
defend «11 he had done, and to draw the most of the barons to ..."
2. The Northmen in Cumberland & Westmoreland by Robert Ferguson (1856)
"In all these the root is evidently "lur," corresponding with N. lur, laziness,
lur a, to be indolent. Mr. Todd more rationally derives lurdane from Old Fr. ..."
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