larum

[ lar-uhm ]

noun

1. alarum.

larum

/ ˈlærəm /

noun

1. an archaic word for alarm

Example Sentences

“In a year and a half, we’ve gotten just four tips,” Larum said.

From Los Angeles Times

During a performance of A Larum for London I was assisting in the tiring-room when she came into the room to change costume.

From Literature

My conjectures were interrupted by a loud larum at the house-door, which announced the return of my young host.

From Project Gutenberg

We ne beo� na fulfremede buton we beon afandode: �urh �a fandunge we sceolon ge�eon, gif we �fre wi�saca� deofle, and eallum his larum; and gif we geneal�ca� urum Drihtne mid geleafan, and lufe, and godum weorcum; gif we hw�r aslidon, arisan eft ��rrihte, and betan georne ��t ��r tobrocen bi�.

From Project Gutenberg

Under this, was a verse, in imitation no doubt, of a poem they had read a few months before: "Oh, a river nymph to be, Nymph to be, Moonbeams shining full and free, Full and free, Glide along, and turn in glee, Turn in glee, Death to him who in will see, In will see, --No, that would be sin, lirum, larum, ba!--"

From Project Gutenberg