Phrases. 1  fish or cut bait. 2  informal Stop vacillating and decide to act on or disengage from something. âwhen it comes to flagging brands, companies are being forced to fish or cut baitâ. âBy the second season of any TV show, you usually know if it's going to fish or cut bait.â.
Meaning and Origin Recorded as Larn, Larne, Larner, Lardner, and Lerner, this is usually a surname of English origins. It has at least three possible sources, each with its own distinct derivation. Firstly it may be an early medieval English occupational surname for a scholar or a schoolmaster, derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century word leornian.
From the Old Norse name Finnr which meant Sami, sÃ¡mi person From. FINLAND folke M, Swedish, Norwegian. Danish short form of Various Old norse names that contain the element folk meaning, people and thus a cognate OF. fulkriginally an Old Norse short form of names beginning with the element arn meaning eagle. ARNFINN m Norwegian. Norwegian form of Arnfinnr, which was derived from the elements arn eagle and Finnr Sami, sÃ¡mi person From. finland