barlafumble

== English == === Alternative forms === barla fummyll barla-fumble barlafummil barlafumle === Etymology === Uncertain. For the first element, compare barley, which bears a similar meaning as an interjection. The second element may be from French parlez, foi mêlez (“let us have a truce and blend our faith”). First attested in 1568. === Interjection === barlafumble (Scotland, obsolete) A cry for peace or truce in children's games. Synonyms: fainites, pax A fall; the act of accidentally losing one's balance. === References === “barla-fumble”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. John Stephen Farmer; William Ernest Henley (1909), Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present, page 141