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lur

“lur” is a Swedish word. Its 8 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a simple, straight horn (used as an instrument or for signaling)
  2. a lur (curved Bronze Age horn)
  3. a telephone handset
  4. a cell phone, a mobile phone
  5. a headphone, an earphone, an earbud
  6. an ear trumpet (hearing aid)
  7. only used in på lur (“in wait, lurking”)
  8. a nap

Etymology

From Old Swedish lūdher (“horn, trumpet”), from Old Norse lúðr, from Proto-Germanic *lawwō, from Proto-Indo-European *lowH-éh₂.

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