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to teach.
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  • Seó wiþerwearde wyrd gebét and gelǽreð ǽlcne þára þe hió hí tó geþiét,

      Bt. 20; F. 70, 35.

  • Mé gelǽr

    doce me,

      Ps. Ben. 24, 4.

  • Swá wé magon betst ðá gedyrstigan gelǽran,

      Past. 209, 15.

  • Ic wénde ꝥ ic þé gió gelǽred hæfde ꝥ þú hí oncnáwan cúþest,

      Bt. 7, 1; F. 16, 19.

  • Wé sceolan beón gelǽrede mid þysse bysene,

      Bl. H. 19, 14.
with acc. of person and acc. of thing
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  • Mé þínra stíga stapas gelǽr, Ps. Ben. 24, 3. ¶ rǽd gelǽran to give counsel :-- Ne meahton wé gelǽran leófne þeóden rǽd ǽnigne þæt hé ne grétte goldweard þone

    we could not give the dear prince any counsel that would prevent him attacking the dragon,

      B. 3079.

  • Ne mæg þec séllan rǽd mon gelǽran,

      Gú. 250.
with acc. of person and prep., to bring to something
by teaching, to instruct in
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  • Ðæt gebrocode flǽsc gelǽrð ðæt úpáhæfene mód tó ryhttre eáðmódnesse,

      Past. 257, 14.

  • Heó gelǽrde hyre suna tó Godes geleáfan,

      Shrn. 151, 6.

  • Hé þysne wer on Godes þeówdóm getýde and gelǽrde,

      Bl. H. 217, 5.

  • Wæs his fæder gelǽred in þá gerýno Crístes geleáfan

    pater eius sacramentis Christianae fidei imbutus est,

      Bd. 2, 15; Sch. 174, 14.
  • I a. to teach as a master, educate.
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  • Ic þé getýdde and gelǽrde,

      Bt. 7, 3; F. 20, 10.

  • Se fæder gelǽrde ꝥ mǽden mid hálgum gewritum . . . and mid eallum woruldlicum wísdóme,

      Hml. S. 33, 26.

  • Ne eart þú se mon þe on mínre scole wǽre áféd and gelǽred,

      Bt. 3, 1; F. 4, 19.

  • Hé wæs on Róme gelǽred,

      Ch. 565; P. 19, 13.

  • Philippus þá hé cniht wæs . . . mid Paminunde gelǽred wearð

    Philippus apud Epaminondam . . . eruditus est,

      Ors. 3, 7; S. 110, 23.
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  • Ic ðé geongne gelǽrde snytro,

      Bt. 8; F. 24, 28.
to train an animal or bird
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  • Wildu hors mid gierdum fullíce gelǽran and ðá temian,

      Past. 303, 12.

  • Se wælisca heafoc weorðeð tó hagostealdes honda gelǽred,

      Vy. 92.
to persuade a person
to do something.
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  • Ic gelǽrde Simon þæt hé sacan ongon wið Crístes þegnas,

      Jul. 297.

  • Heó gelǽrde þone cyning þæt hé Cassander upp áhóf,

      Ors. 3, 11; S. 148, 4.

  • Wearþ Simon áweht wiþ ðám apostolum and gelǽred ꝥ hé feala yfla sægde (cf. Jul. 297

    ante

    ),
      Bl. H. 173, 20.
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  • Mé þæt gelǽrdon leóde míne . . . þæt ic þé sóhte,

      B. 415.
to accept a doctrine, counsel, &c.
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  • Gelǽrde unc se atola . . . þæt wit blǽd áhton,

      Sat. 413.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-lǽran.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/48555.

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