laur

laur

1. water

• Nehan dictionary, page 99

• lauwer, lawer

From Proto-West Germanic *laur.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ.ur/

laur m

1. laurel

Strong a-stem:

• laurbēam
• laurberiġe
• laurtrēow

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “laur”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

 

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Learned borrowing from Latin laurus. Doublet of wawrzyn.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlawr/

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• Rhymes: -awr
• Syllabification: laur

laur m inan (related adjective laurowy)

1. laurel (any plant of the genus Laurus)

   Synonym: wawrzyn

2. laurel (crown of laurel)

   Synonym: wawrzyn

3. (figurative) laurel (honor, distinction)

   Synonym: wawrzyn

• laur in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• laur in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• laur in PWN's encyclopedia

 

Inherited from Latin laurus. The sense of "laurel" is probably a learned borrowing, in contrast to that of "jimsonweed".

laur m (plural lauri)

1. laurel (evergreen shrub, of the genus Laurus)

   Synonym: dafin

2. jimsonweed, thorn apple (Datura stramonium)

laur

1. spike (of iron)