Lune vs Lude - What's the difference?
lune | lude |
(obsolete) A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak
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A concave figure formed by the intersection of the arcs of two circles on a plane, or on a sphere the intersection between two great semicircles
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Anything crescent-shaped
(label) A leash for a hawk.
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(obsolete) Sound, noise, clamor
In obsolete terms the difference between lune and lude
is that lune is a fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak while lude is sound, noise, clamor.As a proper noun Lune
is a river in Lancashire, England, which passes Lancaster.lune
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From (etyl) lune, from (etyl) luna.Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
The corresponding convex shape is sometimes called a lune , but is, strictly, a lens .Etymology 3
Alteration of (lyon).Noun
(en noun)- And thenne was he ware of a Faucon came fleynge ouer his hede toward an hyghe elme / and longe lunys' aboute her feet / and she flewe vnto the elme to take her perche / the ' lunys ouer cast aboute a bough / And whanne she wold haue taken her flyghte / she henge by the legges fast / and syre launcelot sawe how he henge
See also
* loon * Monday ----lude
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Alternative forms
* (l), (l) * (l) (Scotland)Noun
(luden)- Þa hunten wenden æfter mid muchelen heora lude .'' — ''Layamon's Brut
- Þa luden heo iherden of þan Rom-leoden.'' — ''Layamon's Brut