lampern
(ˈlæmpən)
Forms: 4–5 laumprun, lamproun, 4–8 lampron, 5 lampren, lamprone, lamprun(e, 5–6 laumpron, lawmpron, lawmperowne, 5–7 lampurne, 7 lamperne, lamproon, 7– lampern.
[a. OF. lamproyon, lamprion, lampreon, dim. of lampreie lamprey.]
The river lamprey (Petromyzon fluviatilis).
| 1324–5 Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 14, 60 Lamprouns. 1382 Wyclif Job Prol. 671 As if thou woldest an eel or a laumprun holde with streite hondis. c 1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 588 Elis & lampurnes rosted. 1589 Cogan Haven of Health (1636) clxxx. 165 Lamprayes or Lampurnes bee partly of the nature of Eeles. 1655 Moufet & Bennet Health's Improv. (1746) 277 The little ones called Lamprons are best broil'd, but the great ones called Lampreys are best baked. 1730 Mrs. Delany in Life & Corr. (1861) I. 265 Many thanks for the lamperns. 1838 Johnston in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club I. No. 6. 176 The Lampern or River Lamprey. 1883 Fisheries Exhib. Catal. (ed. 4) 125 Weels used on the Apron of Weirs for taking Lamperns. |
| attrib. 1565 Richmond. Wills (Surtees 1853) 178 Fyve long spets, j lampron spet. 1688 R. Holme Armoury ii. 325/2 A Lampron-Grigg, then a Lampret, then a Lamprell, then a Lamprey. 1883 Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 57 Eel Wheels or Traps. Lampern Spurts as used in Thames Fishery. |