Origin: From Old High German words for ambush, lure and cliff, schistous cliff
Gender: female
Languages of use: German, English
Asteroid: 165 Loreley, diameter 155.17 km, period 7.226 years
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Language of origin: Old High German
Info:
originally the name of a schistous cliff standing out of the river Rhine near St.Goarshausen in Germany
the poet Clemens Brentano created 1801 Lore Lay as a siren sitting on this cliff luring sailors to ther deaths by singing
the meaning of the name is not known for sure, maybe ambush + cliff
Words:
lure = the ambush, the lure Old High German
lei = the cliff, the schistous cliff Old High German