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Webster 1913 Edition


Lar

Lar

(lär)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Lares
(#)
, sometimes
Lars
(#)
.
[L.]
(Rom. Myth.)
A tutelary deity; a deceased ancestor regarded as a protector of the family. The domestic Lares were the tutelar deities of a house; household gods.
Hence,
(Fig.)
:
Hearth or dwelling house.
Nor will she her dear
Lar
forget,
Victorious by his benefit.
Lovelace.
The
Lars
and Lemures moan with midnight plaint.
Milton.
Looking backward in vain toward their
Lares
and lands.
Longfellow.

Lar

(lär)
,
Noun.
(Zool.)
A species of gibbon (
Hylobates lar
), found in Burmah. Called also
white-handed gibbon
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Lar

L'AR

,
Noun.
plu.
lares. [L.] A household deity.

Definition 2024


lår

lår

See also: lar, lär, làr, lár, lár-, -lar, LAr, and LAR

Danish

Noun

lår n (singular definite låret, plural indefinite lår)

  1. thigh

Inflection


Elfdalian

Noun

lår n

  1. thigh

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse lær

Noun

lår n (definite singular låret, indefinite plural lår, definite plural låra or lårene)

  1. a thigh (upper leg)

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse lær

Noun

lår n (definite singular låret, indefinite plural lår, definite plural låra)

  1. a thigh (upper leg)

References


Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish lar, from Old Norse lær, from Proto-Germanic *lahwaz.

Noun

lår n

  1. thigh
Declension
Inflection of lår 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lår låret lår låren
Genitive lårs lårets lårs lårens

Etymology 2

Noun

lår c

  1. crate, box
Declension
Inflection of lår 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lår låren lårar lårarna
Genitive lårs lårens lårars lårarnas
Derived terms
  • packlår