Old English · noun
earslyre
Normalised earslȳre
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong ja-stem
- IPA
- /ˈæ͜ɑrsˌlyː.re/[ˈæ͜ɑrˠzˌlyː.re]
- Syllables
- ˈæ͜ɑrs · ˌlyː · re (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- glutealmusclesmusclebreech
Meaning
-
the breech muscle; the gluteal muscles
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From ears (“buttocks, ass”) + lȳre, the latter element presumably being a variant of līra ("brawn, muscle").
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