laverock
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of laverock
1275–1325; Middle English laverok, Old English lāwerce lark 1
Example Sentences
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Len' me yer throat to sing throu, Len' me yer wings to gang hie, And I'll sing ye a sang a laverock to cow, And for bliss to gar him dee!
From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by George MacDonald
"Rise, Jock; gang out and meet the priest; I hear his bridle ring;130 My Baby now shall be my wife, Before the laverock sing."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
Lark and Laverock are perhaps a little uncertain; we find Anglo-Saxon names Lauerc, Lauroca, and Laferca, which might be from the A.S. laferc, O.E. laverock, lark.
From Surnames as a Science by Robert Ferguson
Or let us say, sometimes when he sings, it is like listening to a linnet in the broom, a blackbird in the brake, a laverock in the sky.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by John Lyde Wilson
"I'll shoot the laverock i' the lift, The buntin on the tree, And bring them to my mither hames See if she'll merrier be."
From Ballad Book by Katherine Lee Bates
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