lur
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A long curved bronze horn used in old northern European ceremonies
- noun
- /lɜr/
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lur
- The lur echoed through the valley during the ancient festival.
Examples
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Many ancient cultures used the lur in their ceremonies.
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In the ceremony, the musician skillfully played the lur, creating a haunting melody.
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The museum displayed a bronze lur from the Nordic Bronze Age.
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Archaeologists discovered a pair of lurs buried in a Danish peat bog.
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During the festival, musicians played the lur to recreate ancient Scandinavian ceremonies.
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The lur echoed through the valleys during the festival.
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The lur was used to summon the spirits of the ancestors in traditional rites.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lur comes from an old Scandinavian word lúðr that meant 'horn'. It was a long, curved bronze horn used in ceremonies, so the old word stayed and today lur names that ancient instrument.
