See lernen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "c. 1378-9, [William Langland], “Paſſ᷒ vııȷ᷒ de visione ⁊ prımus de Dowel”, in [Piers Plowman, A Treatise on Sin] (W, B-text), London, published c. 1400, →OCLC, folio 46, verso; republished as Thorlac Turville-Petre, Hoyt N. Duggan, editors, Cambridge, Trinity College, MS B.15.17 (The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive; 2), SEENET, 2014, →ISBN:",
"text": "¶ I þonked þoȝt þo. þᵗ he me þus tauȝte / Ac yet ſauoꝛeþ me noȝt þı seying. I coueıte to lerne / How dowel. dobet. and dobeſt. doon among þe peple",
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "enm-conj-wk",
"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
"form": "lernen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "to lernen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "lerne",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "lerne",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lerned",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lernede",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lernde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lernest",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lernedest",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lerndest",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lerneth",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "lerned",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "lernede",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "lernde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "lerne",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "lerned",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "lernede",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "lernde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "lerne",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lernen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "lerne",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "lerneden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lerned",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lernede",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lernden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lernde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lerneth",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "lerne",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lernynge",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "lernende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "lerned",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "lernd",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ylerned",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ylernd",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "leerne",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "lerne",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "liernen",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "liernien",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "liernin",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leornin",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leornia",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leornien",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leornenn",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Ormulum"
]
},
{
"form": "lernenn",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Ormulum"
]
},
{
"form": "lierne",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"East-Anglia"
]
},
{
"form": "lyerni",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Kent"
]
},
{
"form": "larn",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Northern"
]
},
{
"form": "lern",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Northern"
]
},
{
"form": "leorne",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leornen",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leorni",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leorny",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "lerni",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leurne",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "lorne",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "lorni",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "lurne",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "lurni",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "lurny",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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"1": "enm",
"2": "verb",
"head": ""
},
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"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"stem": "lern"
},
"expansion": "lernen (third-person singular simple present lerneth, present participle lernende, lernynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle lerned)",
"name": "enm-verb"
}
],
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"1": "lern",
"class": "ede",
"class2": "de"
},
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"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Middle English intransitive verbs",
"Middle English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To learn (acquire knowledge):",
"To memorise; to store in memory."
],
"links": [
[
"learn",
"learn"
],
[
"acquire",
"acquire#English"
],
[
"knowledge",
"knowledge#English"
],
[
"memorise",
"memorise"
],
[
"store",
"store"
],
[
"memory",
"memory"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(ambitransitive) To learn (acquire knowledge):",
"(transitive) To memorise; to store in memory."
],
"tags": [
"ambitransitive",
"especially",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English intransitive verbs",
"Middle English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To learn (acquire knowledge):",
"To study or review (a book)"
],
"links": [
[
"learn",
"learn"
],
[
"acquire",
"acquire#English"
],
[
"knowledge",
"knowledge#English"
],
[
"study",
"study"
],
[
"review",
"review"
],
[
"book",
"book#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(ambitransitive) To learn (acquire knowledge):",
"(transitive) To study or review (a book)"
],
"tags": [
"ambitransitive",
"especially",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English intransitive verbs",
"Middle English terms with quotations",
"Middle English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
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],
"english": "Then I thanked Thought for all of what he told me, / [and said] \"your comments didn't satisfy me; I want to learn / how Do-well, Do-better, and Do-best do among the people.\"",
"ref": "c. 1378-9, [William Langland], “Paſſ᷒ vııȷ᷒ de visione ⁊ prımus de Dowel”, in [Piers Plowman, A Treatise on Sin] (W, B-text), London, published c. 1400, →OCLC, folio 46, verso; republished as Thorlac Turville-Petre, Hoyt N. Duggan, editors, Cambridge, Trinity College, MS B.15.17 (The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive; 2), SEENET, 2014, →ISBN:",
"text": "¶ I þonked þoȝt þo. þᵗ he me þus tauȝte / Ac yet ſauoꝛeþ me noȝt þı seying. I coueıte to lerne / How dowel. dobet. and dobeſt. doon among þe peple",
"translation": "Then I thanked Thought for all of what he told me, / [and said] \"your comments didn't satisfy me; I want to learn / how Do-well, Do-better, and Do-best do among the people.\"",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To learn (acquire knowledge):",
"To acquire information or a fact; to learn about."
],
"links": [
[
"learn",
"learn"
],
[
"acquire",
"acquire#English"
],
[
"knowledge",
"knowledge#English"
],
[
"acquire",
"acquire"
],
[
"information",
"information"
],
[
"fact",
"fact"
],
[
"learn",
"learn"
],
[
"about",
"about"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(ambitransitive) To learn (acquire knowledge):",
"(transitive) To acquire information or a fact; to learn about."
],
"tags": [
"ambitransitive",
"especially",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English ditransitive verbs",
"Middle English terms with rare senses",
"Middle English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To teach (someone or something):",
"To tell or inform; to provide a fact."
],
"links": [
[
"teach",
"teach"
],
[
"someone",
"someone#English"
],
[
"something",
"something#English"
],
[
"tell",
"tell"
],
[
"inform",
"inform"
],
[
"provide",
"provide"
],
[
"fact",
"fact"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, ditransitive) To teach (someone or something):",
"(transitive, rare) To tell or inform; to provide a fact."
],
"tags": [
"ditransitive",
"especially",
"rare",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English ditransitive verbs",
"Middle English terms with rare senses",
"Middle English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To teach (someone or something):",
"To inspire or move (to do)"
],
"links": [
[
"teach",
"teach"
],
[
"someone",
"someone#English"
],
[
"something",
"something#English"
],
[
"inspire",
"inspire"
],
[
"move",
"move"
],
[
"do",
"do#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, ditransitive) To teach (someone or something):",
"(rare) To inspire or move (to do)"
],
"tags": [
"ditransitive",
"especially",
"rare",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈleːrnən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈlɛːrnən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈlɛrnən/"
}
],
"word": "lernen"
}
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