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lulla

lulla is the alternative form of lullay.

Meaning of lullay

Interjection

  1. (archaic) Used to soothe or urge someone to sleep.
    • ...in "Ludus Coventriæ", of the 15th century, we find a specimen of a Lullaby Song ... lully, lullay, Thou little tiny CHILD,1866, Edmund Sedding, “Lullaby Carols”, in The Gentlemen's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, page 89

Questions about lulla

What is lulla the alternative form of?
Lulla is the alternative form of lullay.

Words near lulla in the dictionary

  1. Lulism
  2. Lulist
  3. lull
  4. lull before the storm
  5. lull'd
  6. lulla
  7. lullabied
  8. lullabies
  9. lullable
  10. lullaby
  11. lullabye

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lulla (page history and authors); lullay (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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