lorgā-, lorgi-

    lorgā-, lorgi-

    English meaning: stick, club

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘stock, Knũttel”

    Note: only Celt. and Gmc.

    Material: O.Ir. lorc (lorgg) f. “club, mace, joint, cudgel, club, penis”, M.Ir. lurga f. ‘shinbone”, gen. lurgan, M.Welsh llory “club, mace, joint”, llorf “foot the Harfe”, O.Corn. lorch ‘staff”, Bret. lorc”henn ‘shaft”; O.Ice. lurkr m. “cudgel, club”. older Dan. lyrk ds. (*lurki-), Swe. lurk “ fool “; Ger. tirol. lorg, lork “ mythical giant “; O.Ice. lerka “zusammenschnũren, torment, smite”; O.E. lorg m. f. “ shaft, pole, spindle” is Celt. Lw.

    References: WP. II 443, Loth RC 40, 358.