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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 121 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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LULLABY , a See also:

CRADLE (of uncertain etymology, possibly connected with " crate " and " creel," i.e. basket; the derivation from a Celtic word, with a sense of rocking, is scouted by the New English Dictionary)

cradle-See also:

SONG

song, a song sung to See also:

CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children to " See also:

LULL (or LvLLY), RAIMON, or RAYMOND (c. 1235-1315)

lull " them to See also:

SLEEP (0. Eng. slcepan; Ger. schlafen; cf. Lat. labi, to glide, and " slip ")

sleep; the See also:

MELODY (Gr. ,ueXw3ia, a choral song, from name, tune, and gi6i, song)

melody being styled in Fr. See also:

BERCEUSE (Fr. for a " lullaby," from berceau, a cradle)

berceuse and in Ger . IViegenlied . " Lull," cf . Swed. lulla, Du. lullen, &c., is of echoic or onomatopoeic origin, cf . See also:

LAT

Lat. lallare, to chatter .

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