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leornian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
leornian, p. ode
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §7; §49; §98; §170; §252; §276; §279;
To learn, study, read
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  • Swá swá in ðære béc his lífes geméteþ swá hwylc swá hí rǽdeþ and leornaþ

    sicut in volumine vitæ ejus quisque legerit inveniet,

    • Bd. 4, 31
      • ;
    • S. 611, 7
      • .

  • Ǽlc ðe gehýrde æt fæder and leornode

    omnes qui audivit a patre et didicit,

    • Jn. Skt. 6, 45
      • .

  • Fram ðám hé ðæt gemet leornode regollíces þeódscipes

    a quibus normam disciplinæ regularis didicerat,

    • Bd. 3, 23
      • ;
    • S. 554, 35
      • .

  • Hé hálige gewritu leornade and smeáde

    scripturis legendis operam daret,

    • S. 555, 29.

  • Ða ðe hé on gewritum leornode tó dónne

    ea quæ in scripturis agenda didicerat,

    • 3, 28
      • ;
    • S. 560, 16
      • .

  • Gé ne leornodan

    non legistis,

    • 4, 3
      • ;
    • S. 569, 17
      • .

  • Leorna ðæt ðú ondrǽde drihten

    ut discos timere dominum,

    • Deut. 14, 23
      • .

  • Leorneaþ æt mé

    discite a me,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 11, 29
      • .

  • Leornigeaþ bigspell be ðam fictreówe

    ab arbore fici discite parabolam,

    • 24, 32
      • .

  • Syle andgit ðæt ic ðíne gewitnesse wel leornige

    da mihi intellectum ut sciam testimonia tua,

    • Ps. Th. 118, 125
      • .

  • Ic hit for ðære hǽlo ðe hit leornige oððe gehýre áwrát

    ob salutem legendum, sive audientium narrandam esse putavi,

    • Bd. 5, 13
      • ;
    • S. 634, 2
      • .

  • Lange sceal leornian se ðe lǽran sceal

    long must he learn who has to teach,

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

  • Béc on tó leornianne

    libros ad legendum,

    • Bd. 3, 27
      • ;
    • S. 558, 27
      • .

  • Ða hús ða ðe on tó gebiddenne and tó leornigenne geworhte wǽron

    domunculæ quæ ad orandum vel legendum factæ erant,

    • 4, 25
      • ;
    • S. 601, 12
      • .

  • Ealswá David dyde leornigendum móde

    [with docile mind],

    • Wulfst. 172, 22.
Etymology
[
O. Frs. ge-lerna, -lirna
:
O. H. Ger. lernén, lirnén discere, meditari
:
Ger. lernen. Goth. has leisan, and ga-laisjan sik
:
O. Sax. linón
:
mod. Scandinavian dialects use forms corresponding to lǽran.
]
Similar entries
v. ge-leornian.
Linked entries
v.  leornend.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “leornian.” 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/21483.

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