lirt

Meanings

Verb

• To deceive; beguile.
• To cheat; befool.
• To toss.
• To walk or move in a quick, lively, or pert manner.
• To gambol; frisk.

Noun

• Deception; guile.
• A cheat; a go-by.

Origin

• From Middle English lirten, lurten, from Old English *lyrtan (found only in belyrtan), from Proto-West Germanic *lurtijan, from Proto-Indo-European *lerd-. Cognate with Scots lirt, Middle High German lürzen, Middle High German lerz, lurz, lorz, Old English lort, lyrt.
• Origin obscure. Perhaps alteration of lirk.