loer

• IPA^(key): /luːr/

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• Hyphenation: loer
• Rhymes: -ur

Syncopic form of loeder (“lure”).

loer m (plural loeren, diminutive loertje n)

1. lure (mechanism used in falconry)

• op de loer
• een loer draaien

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

loer

1. inflection of loeren:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

• Lore

loer f

1. plural indefinite of lo

• louer
• lauder (very early Old French, 10th century)

From Latin laudāre, present active infinitive of laudō.

loer

1. to laud; to praise; to hold in high esteem
   • c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     N'i ot chevalier plus loé

     There was no knight held in higher esteem

2. to advise, counsel
3. to approve of

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• Middle French: louer
  • French: louer

From Latin locāre, present active infinitive of locō.

loer

1. to rent
2. to recompense
3. to give

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• French: louer

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (loer)
• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (louer, supplement)