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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 2273968, member: 5833&quot;]I found these words in T.H. White&#039;s The Once and Future King.&nbsp; He researched it heavily.&nbsp; Another word &amp; type of dog that were new to me when I first read it was &#039;alaunt&#039;.&nbsp; Was wondering whether, if &#039;lurcher&#039; has a Romany origin, it would be an anachronism in King Arthur&#039;s world, as White created it, but the Internet tells me maybe not.&nbsp; I have a condensed OED that would have something to say on this, but it&#039;s too big a pain to get it out.&nbsp; My vintage Webster&#039;s says &#039;lurch&#039; in its archaic sense means a person getting ahead of another to gain advantage in getting something, hence to steal.&nbsp; It does not credit the Rom.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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