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leornere

  • noun [ masculine ]
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leornere, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§602;
A learner, disciple scholar, learned person, reader
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  • Be ðam wrát Beda se leornere

    of him the scholar Bede wrote,

    • Shrn. 155, 25
      • .

  • Gif leornere geþéh þurh láre ðæt hé hád hæfde and þénode Criste

    if a scholar succeeded by learning so that he had holy orders and served Christ,

    • L. R. 7
      • ;
    • Th. i. 192, 12
      • .

  • Brýde beág béc leornere

    a ring for a bride, books for a scholar,

    • Exon. 91 a
      • ;
    • Th. 341, 25
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 131
      • .

  • Ðone leornere ic nú bidde

    lectorem obsecro,

    • Bd. pref
      • ;
    • S. 472, 31
      • .

  • Swá leorneras secgaþ

    as scholars say,

    • Shrn. 63, 10
      • :
    • Exon. 62 a
      • ;
    • Th. 227, 17
      • ;
    • Ph. 424
      • .

  • Se Hǽlend tóbræc ða hláfas and sealde his leornerum,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 400, 21
      • :
    • Blickl. Homl. 131, 20
      • .

  • Johannes gesende twægen leorneras his

    Joannes mittens duos de discipulis suis.

    • Mt. Kembl. Rusts. 11. 2, 1
      • :
    • 10, 1
      • .

  • Ealle ða gelǽredestan men and ða leorneras

    multis doctioribus viris,

    • Bd. 4, 24
      • ;
    • S. 597, 30
      • .
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v. stæf-leornere.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “leornere.” 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/21480.

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