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fever-lurden
† ˈfever-ˈlurden [f. fever n. + lurdan (imitating medical names of fevers). Said to survive dial. as fever-lurgan, -lurgy, -largie.] The disease of laziness.c 1500 Blowbol's Test. 75 in Hazl. E.P.P. I. 93, I trow he was infecte certeyn With the faitour, or the fever lordeyn. 1547 Boorde Brev. Health... Oxford English Dictionary
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fever
▪ I. fever, n.1 (ˈfiːvə(r)) Forms: 1 féfer, -or, 2 feofer, (3 fefre), 3–5 fevere, (4 feavor), 4–5 fevre, fyver(e, 5 febre, (fevire, -oure, fewer), 6–8 feaver, 7 feavour, (feevor, 7–8 fevour), 3– fever. [OE. féfor str. masc., ad. L. febris fem., whence OF. fievre (mod.F. fièvre), Pr., Pg. febre, Sp. ... Oxford English Dictionary
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lurdan
lurdan, n. and a. Obs. exc. arch. (ˈlɜːdən) Also α. 4 lourdeine, 4–5 lordein, 4–6 lordeyn(e, lurdayne, -eyn(e, 4–6, 9 lurdane, 4, 7 lordan, 4, 7, 9 lourdan, 4–8 lurden, 5 lorden, 5–6 lurdayn, lordayne, 5–8 lordane, 6 lurdon, lordenne, lourdaine, -yne, 6–7 lurdein(e, lourdan(e, -en, 7 lurdain(e, lur-... Oxford English Dictionary
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liðere
▪ I. † ˈlither, n. Obs. [OE. lið(e)re:—prehistoric *liþrjôn-, f. *leþro{supm} leather.] A sling.c 725 Corpus Gloss. (Hessels) F 385 Funda, liðre. c 900 tr. Bæda's Hist. iv. xvii. [xiii.] (1890) 304 Swa micelre brædo swa mon mæᵹe mid liðeran ᵹeweorpan. 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 8124 Me ne miȝte noȝt ise... Oxford English Dictionary
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lurgy
lurgy (ˈlɜːgɪ) Also lurgi. Usu. in phr. the dreaded lurgy. A fictitious, highly infectious disease invented (?) and made a byword by the Radio Goons (goon 4). For the possibility that the word is not invented, cf. fever-lurgy, dial. var. of fever-lurden, and E.D.D. s.v. lurgies, lurgy adj. & n.1954 ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Lombard
Lombard, n.1 and a. (ˈlɒmbəd, ˈlʌmbəd) Forms: 4–6 lumbarde, 5 lumbert, 6 lombarde, -berde, lumbart, -bertte, 7 lombart, 8 lombar, 6– lombard. [a. F. lombard (whence MLG. lombard, MDu. lombaert, mod.Du. lombard), ad. It. lombardo (med.L. lombardus), contracted repr. late L. Langobardus, Longobardus, ... Oxford English Dictionary
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