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)

1. skylark (Alauda arvensis)
2. 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 11 June 2018.