lampern

/ˈlæmpəɹn/

Etymology

From Middle English laumproun, adopted from Old French lampreon, diminutive of lampreie (“lamprey”).

noun

  1. European river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis).“[…]if thou woldest an eel or a laumprun holde with streite hondis, how myche strengerli thou thristis, so myche the sunnere it shal sliden awey.”