"læran" meaning in Old English

See læran in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈlæː.rɑn/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *laiʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *laizijaną, from *laizō (“teaching”). Cognate with Old Frisian lēra, Old Saxon lērian, Dutch lēren, Old High German lēren. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*laiʀijan}} Proto-West Germanic *laiʀijan, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*laizijaną}} Proto-Germanic *laizijaną, {{cog|ofs|lēra}} Old Frisian lēra, {{cog|osx|lērian}} Old Saxon lērian, {{cog|nl|lēren}} Dutch lēren, {{cog|goh|lēren}} Old High German lēren Head templates: {{ang-verb|lǣran}} lǣran Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|lǣran<w1>}} Forms: lǣran [canonical], weak [table-tags], lǣran [infinitive], lǣrenne [infinitive], lǣre [first-person, present, singular], lǣrde [first-person, past, singular], lǣrest [present, second-person, singular], lǣrst [present, second-person, singular], lǣrdest [past, second-person, singular], lǣreþ [present, singular, third-person], lǣrþ [present, singular, third-person], lǣrde [past, singular, third-person], lǣraþ [plural, present], lǣrdon [past, plural], lǣre [present, singular], lǣrde [past, singular], lǣren [plural, present], lǣrden [past, plural], lǣr [imperative, past, present, singular], lǣraþ [imperative, past, plural, present], lǣrende [imperative, present], lǣred [imperative, past], ġelǣred [imperative, past]
  1. [with accusative] to teach, instruct, train
    Sense id: en-læran-ang-verb-s5pQBEfx Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 20 20 20 21
  2. [with accusative] to advise, exhort, urge
    Sense id: en-læran-ang-verb-hlD5Gj5z Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 20 20 20 21
  3. [with accusative] to admonish, warn, dissuade
    Sense id: en-læran-ang-verb-jCW8R0TV Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 20 20 20 21
  4. [with accusative] to enjoin; to command, prescribe
    Sense id: en-læran-ang-verb-KocL2ZcL Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 20 20 20 21
  5. [with accusative] (malicious) to instigate, incite, provoke
    Sense id: en-læran-ang-verb-myHxaj13 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 20 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 20 20 20 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: lār, lārēow, ēaþlǣre, earfoþlǣre, leornian (english: to learn), list (english: art, skill), lāst (english: trace, footstep)
Derived forms: forlǣran, ġelǣran, lǣrend, lǣrestre, lǣring, mislǣran, nīlǣred, sāmlǣred, þurhlǣran, þurhlǣred, unlǣred
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "forlǣran"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ġelǣran"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lǣrend"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lǣrestre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lǣring"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mislǣran"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "nīlǣred"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sāmlǣred"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "þurhlǣran"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "þurhlǣred"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "unlǣred"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "leer"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "leren"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "leer"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "lere"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*laiʀijan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *laiʀijan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*laizijaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *laizijaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "lēra"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian lēra",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "lērian"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon lērian",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "lēren"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch lēren",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "lēren"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German lēren",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *laiʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *laizijaną, from *laizō (“teaching”).\nCognate with Old Frisian lēra, Old Saxon lērian, Dutch lēren, Old High German lēren.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lǣran",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣran",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣrenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣre",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣrde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣrest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣrst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣrdest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣreþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣrþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣrde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣraþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣrdon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣre",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣrde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣren",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣrden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣr",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣraþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣrende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣred",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġelǣred",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lǣran"
      },
      "expansion": "lǣran",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lǣran<w1>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lār"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lārēow"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ēaþlǣre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "earfoþlǣre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to learn",
      "translation": "to learn",
      "word": "leornian"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "art, skill",
      "translation": "art, skill",
      "word": "list"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "trace, footstep",
      "translation": "trace, footstep",
      "word": "lāst"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 20 20 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 20 20 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 20 20 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I will do even as thou teachest me,...",
          "text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies\nIċ dō swā ðū mē lǣrst...",
          "translation": "I will do even as thou teachest me,...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "[with accusative] to teach, instruct, train"
      ],
      "id": "en-læran-ang-verb-s5pQBEfx",
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "acc"
          },
          "expansion": "[with accusative]",
          "extra_data": {
            "tags": [
              "accusative"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "teach",
          "teach"
        ],
        [
          "instruct",
          "instruct"
        ],
        [
          "train",
          "train"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 20 20 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 20 20 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 20 20 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Knowest thou not, O George, that our gods are striving with thee, and even yet they are patient, that they may pity thee; now I exhort thee, as a beloved son, that thou altogether quit the Christians' doctrine, and quickly incline to my counsel, so that thou sacrifice to the venerable Apollo, and thou mayest so obtain great honour.'",
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"Saint George, Martyr\"\nNāst þū lā Geori þæt ūre godas swincað mid þē and ġīt hī synd ġeþyldiġe þæt hī þe miltsion. Nū lǣre iċ ðē swā swā lēofne sunu þæt ðū þǣra cristenra lāre forlǣte mid ealle and tō mīnum rǣde hraðe ġebūge swā þæt ðū offriġe þām ārwurðan Appoline and þū myċelne wurðmynt miht swā beġitan.",
          "translation": "Knowest thou not, O George, that our gods are striving with thee, and even yet they are patient, that they may pity thee; now I exhort thee, as a beloved son, that thou altogether quit the Christians' doctrine, and quickly incline to my counsel, so that thou sacrifice to the venerable Apollo, and thou mayest so obtain great honour.'",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "[with accusative] to advise, exhort, urge"
      ],
      "id": "en-læran-ang-verb-hlD5Gj5z",
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "acc"
          },
          "expansion": "[with accusative]",
          "extra_data": {
            "tags": [
              "accusative"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "advise",
          "advise"
        ],
        [
          "exhort",
          "exhort"
        ],
        [
          "urge",
          "urge"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 20 20 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 20 20 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 20 20 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "[with accusative] to admonish, warn, dissuade"
      ],
      "id": "en-læran-ang-verb-jCW8R0TV",
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "acc"
          },
          "expansion": "[with accusative]",
          "extra_data": {
            "tags": [
              "accusative"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "admonish",
          "admonish"
        ],
        [
          "warn",
          "warn"
        ],
        [
          "dissuade",
          "dissuade"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 20 20 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 20 20 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 20 20 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "[with accusative] to enjoin; to command, prescribe"
      ],
      "id": "en-læran-ang-verb-KocL2ZcL",
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "acc"
          },
          "expansion": "[with accusative]",
          "extra_data": {
            "tags": [
              "accusative"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "enjoin",
          "enjoin"
        ],
        [
          "command",
          "command"
        ],
        [
          "prescribe",
          "prescribe"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 20 20 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 20 20 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 20 20 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "[with accusative] (malicious) to instigate, incite, provoke"
      ],
      "id": "en-læran-ang-verb-myHxaj13",
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "acc"
          },
          "expansion": "[with accusative]",
          "extra_data": {
            "tags": [
              "accusative"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "instigate",
          "instigate"
        ],
        [
          "incite",
          "incite"
        ],
        [
          "provoke",
          "provoke"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlæː.rɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "læran"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old English class 1 weak verbs",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "forlǣran"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġelǣran"
    },
    {
      "word": "lǣrend"
    },
    {
      "word": "lǣrestre"
    },
    {
      "word": "lǣring"
    },
    {
      "word": "mislǣran"
    },
    {
      "word": "nīlǣred"
    },
    {
      "word": "sāmlǣred"
    },
    {
      "word": "þurhlǣran"
    },
    {
      "word": "þurhlǣred"
    },
    {
      "word": "unlǣred"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "leer"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "leren"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "leer"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "lere"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*laiʀijan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *laiʀijan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*laizijaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *laizijaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "lēra"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian lēra",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "lērian"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon lērian",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "lēren"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch lēren",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "lēren"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German lēren",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *laiʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *laizijaną, from *laizō (“teaching”).\nCognate with Old Frisian lēra, Old Saxon lērian, Dutch lēren, Old High German lēren.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lǣran",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣran",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣrenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣre",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣrde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣrest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣrst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣrdest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣreþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣrþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣrde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣraþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣrdon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣre",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣrde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣren",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣrden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣr",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣraþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣrende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣred",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġelǣred",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lǣran"
      },
      "expansion": "lǣran",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lǣran<w1>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "lār"
    },
    {
      "word": "lārēow"
    },
    {
      "word": "ēaþlǣre"
    },
    {
      "word": "earfoþlǣre"
    },
    {
      "english": "to learn",
      "translation": "to learn",
      "word": "leornian"
    },
    {
      "english": "art, skill",
      "translation": "art, skill",
      "word": "list"
    },
    {
      "english": "trace, footstep",
      "translation": "trace, footstep",
      "word": "lāst"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I will do even as thou teachest me,...",
          "text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies\nIċ dō swā ðū mē lǣrst...",
          "translation": "I will do even as thou teachest me,...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "[with accusative] to teach, instruct, train"
      ],
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "acc"
          },
          "expansion": "[with accusative]",
          "extra_data": {
            "tags": [
              "accusative"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "teach",
          "teach"
        ],
        [
          "instruct",
          "instruct"
        ],
        [
          "train",
          "train"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Knowest thou not, O George, that our gods are striving with thee, and even yet they are patient, that they may pity thee; now I exhort thee, as a beloved son, that thou altogether quit the Christians' doctrine, and quickly incline to my counsel, so that thou sacrifice to the venerable Apollo, and thou mayest so obtain great honour.'",
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"Saint George, Martyr\"\nNāst þū lā Geori þæt ūre godas swincað mid þē and ġīt hī synd ġeþyldiġe þæt hī þe miltsion. Nū lǣre iċ ðē swā swā lēofne sunu þæt ðū þǣra cristenra lāre forlǣte mid ealle and tō mīnum rǣde hraðe ġebūge swā þæt ðū offriġe þām ārwurðan Appoline and þū myċelne wurðmynt miht swā beġitan.",
          "translation": "Knowest thou not, O George, that our gods are striving with thee, and even yet they are patient, that they may pity thee; now I exhort thee, as a beloved son, that thou altogether quit the Christians' doctrine, and quickly incline to my counsel, so that thou sacrifice to the venerable Apollo, and thou mayest so obtain great honour.'",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "[with accusative] to advise, exhort, urge"
      ],
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "acc"
          },
          "expansion": "[with accusative]",
          "extra_data": {
            "tags": [
              "accusative"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "advise",
          "advise"
        ],
        [
          "exhort",
          "exhort"
        ],
        [
          "urge",
          "urge"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "[with accusative] to admonish, warn, dissuade"
      ],
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "acc"
          },
          "expansion": "[with accusative]",
          "extra_data": {
            "tags": [
              "accusative"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "admonish",
          "admonish"
        ],
        [
          "warn",
          "warn"
        ],
        [
          "dissuade",
          "dissuade"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "[with accusative] to enjoin; to command, prescribe"
      ],
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "acc"
          },
          "expansion": "[with accusative]",
          "extra_data": {
            "tags": [
              "accusative"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "enjoin",
          "enjoin"
        ],
        [
          "command",
          "command"
        ],
        [
          "prescribe",
          "prescribe"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "[with accusative] (malicious) to instigate, incite, provoke"
      ],
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "acc"
          },
          "expansion": "[with accusative]",
          "extra_data": {
            "tags": [
              "accusative"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "instigate",
          "instigate"
        ],
        [
          "incite",
          "incite"
        ],
        [
          "provoke",
          "provoke"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlæː.rɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "læran"
}

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