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lǽran, p. de
Wright's OE grammar
§134; §252; §279; §288; §530; §643;
To teach, instruct, educate, to give religious teaching, to preach, to teach a particular tenet or dogma, to enjoin a rule, to exhort, admonish, advise, persuade, suggest
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  • Ic lǽre

    instruo,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 29
      • ;
    • Som. 32, 4
      • :

    erudio,

    • 30
      • ;
    • Som. 34, 60
      • .

  • Ic tý oððe lǽre

    imbuo,

    • 28, 3
      • ;
    • Som. 32, 46.

  • Ic eów lǽre Godes ege

    timorem Domini docebo vos,

    • Ps. Th. 33, 11
      • .

  • Ánra manna gehwylcne ic myngie and lǽre ðæt ánra gehwylc hine sylfne ongyte

    I admonish and exhort every man to understand himself,

    • Blickl. Homl. 107, 11
      • .

  • Ic lǽre

    persuadeo,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 99
      • ;
    • Som. 76, 107
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 54, 50
      • .

  • For ðon ic lǽre ðæt ðæt tempel wé on fýre forbærnon

    unde suggero ut templa igni contradamus,

    • Bd. 2, 13
      • ;
    • S. 516, 33
      • .

  • Ne mæg ic ðæt dón ðæt ðú mé lǽrest

    non hoc facere possum quod suggeris,

    • 2, 12
      • ;
    • S. 513, 24
      • .

  • Ðú lǽrst ús

    tu doces nos,

    • Jn. Skt. 9, 34
      • .

  • Paulus ðæt ilce lǽreþ,

    • Blickl. Homl. 175, 13
      • .

  • Lérþ

    erudit,

    • Kent. Gl. 470
      • .

  • Wé lǽraþ ðæt ...

    we enjoin that,

    • L. Edg. C
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 244-258
      • .

  • Gyf se déma ðiss geáxaþ wé lǽraþ hyne and gedóþ eów sorhleáse

    si hoc auditum fuerit a præside, nos suadebimus ei et securos vos faciemus,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 28, 14.

  • Ic lǽrde sibbe ymb manige þeóda; ǽrest ic lǽrde ðæt men lufodan hié him betweónan ... Fæderas ic lǽrde ðæt hié heora bearnum ðone þeódscipe lǽrdon Drihtnes egsan,

    • Blickl. Homl. 185, 10-20
      • .

  • Se Hálga Gást hié ǽghwylc gód lǽrde,

    • 131, 30
      • .

  • Lǽrde Paulinus Godes word

    prædicabat Paulinus verbum,

    • Bd. 2, 16
      • ;
    • S. 519, 18
      • .

  • Ðæt Agustinus Brytta biscopas lǽrde and monade

    ut Augustinus Brittonum episcopos monuerit,

    • 2, 2
      • ;
    • S. 502, 2
      • .

  • Lǽrde hine and manede

    ammonens,

    • 2, 12
      • ;
    • S. 514, 37
      • :
    • Blickl. Homl. 19, 36
      • :
    • Chr. 1042
      • ;
    • Erl. 169, 16
      • .

  • Ðá lǽrde se cásere hine ðæt hé forléte Cristes geleáfan

    the emperor advised him to leave the faith of Christ,

    • Shrn. 83, 14
      • .

  • Ðá gewunode se cyning ðæt hé hine trymede and lǽrde

    solebat eum hortari,

    • Bd. 3. 22
      • ;
    • S. 552, 10
      • .

  • Hí lǽrde tó healdenne reogollíces lífes þeódscipe

    disciplinam vitæ regularis custodire docuit,

    • S. 553, 10
      • .

  • Hé ful baldlíce beornas lǽrde

    full boldly he exhorted the warriors,

    • Byrht. Th. 140, 61
      • ;
    • By. 311
      • .

  • Se wiðerméda wordum lǽrde folc tó gefeohte,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2392
      • ;
    • An. 1198.

  • Leóde lǽrde on lífes weg

    he brought people by his teaching into the way of life,

    • 339
      • ;
    • An. 170
      • .

  • Hé lǽrde men geornlíce tó Godes geleáfan

    he urged men in his teaching to a belief in God,

    • Shrn. 125, 8
      • .

  • Se bisceop hié lǽrede ðæt hié sendon tó ðæm pápan

    the bishop advised them to send to the pope,

    • Blickl. Homl. 205, 18
      • .

  • Scottas lǽrdon geonge and ealde on reogollícne þeódscipe

    imbuebantur præceptoribus Scottis parvuli Anglorum, una cum majoribus, studiis et observatione disciplinæ regularis.

    • Bd, 3, 3
      • ;
    • S. 526, 9
      • .

  • Hí hí on metercræfte and oft tungolcræfte and on gramatisccræfte týdan and lǽrdon,

    • 4, 2
      • ;
    • S. 565, 26
      • .

  • Hí him lífes weg bodedon and lǽrdon

    verbum ei vitæ prædicarent,

    • 1, 25
      • ;
    • S. 487, 8
      • .

  • Ða ðe bododan and lǽrdon

    qui dogmatizabant,

    • 5, 19
      • ;
    • S. 639, 34
      • .

  • Hí hí trymedon and lǽrdon ðæt hí fæsten worhtan,

    • 1, 12
      • ;
    • S. 480, 31
      • .

  • Ðá cleopedon his þegnas him tó and hine bǽdon and geornlíce lǽrdon ðæt hé hine ofslóge

    cum eum viri sui ad feriendum Saul accenderent,

    • Past. 28, 6
      • ;
    • Swt. 197, 18
      • .

  • Mé bǽdon and lǽrdon Rómáne ðæt ic gewát heonon onweg,

    • Blickl. Homl. 191, 13
      • .

  • Hine hys yldran tó woruldfolgaþe tyhton and lǽrdon,

    • 211, 28
      • .

  • Sume lǽrdon ðæt hine mon onweg ácurfe

    quidam abscidendum esse dicebant,

    • Bd. 4, 32
      • ;
    • S. 611, 20.

  • Lǽr ús

    doce nos,

    • Lk. Skt. 11, 1
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 118, 12
      • .

  • Ðú ðé lǽr be ðon,

    • Beo. Th. 3449
      • ;
    • B. 1722.

  • Lǽraþ ðæt hig healdon ealle ða þing ðe ic eów bebeád,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 28, 20
      • .

  • Lǽre Pharao

    ut suggeras Pharaoni,

    • Gen. 40, 14
      • .

  • Ða men ðe bearn habban lǽran hié ðám rihtne þeódscipe,

    • Blickl. Homl. 109, 17.

  • Heora scriftbéc tǽcan and lǽran,

    • 43, 8.

  • Se mæg hine sylfne be ðare bysene lǽran

    he may teach himself by this example,

    • 101, 6
      • .

  • Hé ongan lǽran tó healdenne ða þing,

    • Bd. 4, 5
      • ;
    • S. 571, 41
      • .

  • Lange sceal leornian se ðe lǽran sceal

    long must he learn who is to teach,

    • L. Ælfc. P. 46
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 384, 15
      • :
    • L. I. P. 14
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 322, 8
      • .

  • Mid bróðorlíce lufan hí manigean and lǽran

    eis fraterna admonitione suadere,

    • Bd. 2
      • ;
    • 2
      • ;
    • S. 502, 8
      • .

  • Wæs ic seald tó fédanne and tó lǽranne

    datus sum educandus,

    • Bd. 5, 24
      • ;
    • S. 647, 22
      • .

  • Cyningas and ríce men sendon heora dóhtor ðider [France] tó lǽranne

    filias suas erudiendas mittebant;

    • 3, 8
      • ;
    • S. 531, 18.

  • Ðæt willsume weorc ðám þeódum godspell tó lǽranne

    desideratum evangelizandi gentibus opus,

    • 5, 11
      • ;
    • S. 625, 33
      • .

  • Godcunde láre tó lǽranne on Angelþeóde,

    • 2, 2
      • ;
    • S. 502, 10
      • .

  • Tó lǽrenne,

    • Blickl. Homl, 233, 17.

  • Lǽrende and strangende hira heortan,

    • 249, 17
      • .

  • Lǽrendum Athamnano

    instante Adamnano,

    • Bd. 5, 15
      • ;
    • S. 635, 10
      • .

  • Cneohtas and geonge men týdde and lǽrde wǽron

    pueri erudirentur,

    • 3, 18
      • ;
    • S. 546, 1
      • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 345
      • :
    • El. 173
      • .
Etymology
[
Orm. Laym. læren
:
A. R. learen, leren
:
Gen. and Ex. leren to learn
:
R. Glouc. lere to learn
:
Piers P. lere
:
Chauc. lere to learn
:
Prompt. Parv. leryn or techyn another doceo; leryn or receyue lore of anothere addisco
:
Goth. laisjan to teach
:
O. Sax., O. L. Ger. lérian
:
O. Frs. léra
:
Icel. læra to teach; but in modern usage to learn
:
Dan. lære to teach, learn
:
O. H. Ger. léran docere, instruere, monere, redarguere
:
Ger. lehren.
]
Derived forms
á-, for-, ge-lǽran
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Bosworth, Joseph. “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/20977.

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