larke

Middle English

Alternative forms

laverche, laveroc, laverke, laverock, leverock, lerke, livroche, laverok

Etymology

From Old English lāwerce, from Proto-Germanic *laiwarikǭ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlark(ə)/, /ˈlavərk(ə)/, /ˈlavərtʃ(ə)/

Noun

larke (plural larkes)

skylark (Alauda arvensis)
The meat of a skylark.

Descendants

English: lark, laverock, lavrock
Scots: lark, lork, laveirk, laverok
Yola: lereke, lerock

References

“lark(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-11.

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