"lear" meaning in English

See lear in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /lɪɹ/ [General-American], /lɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: lears [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English laire, leire, lere, northern Middle English variants of lore, loare (“doctrine, teaching, lore”), from Old English lār (“lore”). More at lore. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|laire}} Middle English laire, {{inh|en|ang|lār|t=lore}} Old English lār (“lore”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} lear (countable and uncountable, plural lears)
  1. (now Scotland) Something learned; a lesson. Tags: Scotland, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-lear-en-noun-RxwapLd2 Categories (other): Scottish English
  2. (now Scotland) Learning, lore; doctrine. Tags: Scotland, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-lear-en-noun-mVtkbmYh Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 31 23 22 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 16 32 14 18 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 32 18 20 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /lɪɹ/ [General-American], /lɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: lears [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: See lehr. Head templates: {{en-noun}} lear (plural lears)
  1. Alternative form of lehr Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: lehr
    Sense id: en-lear-en-noun-Zlfs5hcY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /lɪɹ/ [General-American], /lɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: lears [present, singular, third-person], learing [participle, present], leared [participle, past], leared [past]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English learen, leren (“to learn", also "to teach”). Doublet of learn (Etymology 2). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|learen}} Middle English learen Head templates: {{en-verb}} lear (third-person singular simple present lears, present participle learing, simple past and past participle leared)
  1. (transitive, archaic and Scotland) To teach. Tags: Scotland, archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-lear-en-verb-4~vydPXJ Categories (other): Scottish English, English links with manual fragments, English links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 81 19 Disambiguation of English links with redundant alt parameters: 90 10
  2. (intransitive, archaic) To learn. Tags: archaic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-lear-en-verb-0YJtEahZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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