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the act of teaching or
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  • Monige fleóð ðá nyttwyrðan hiérsumnesse ðǽre láre (

    praedicationis

    ),
      Past. 45, 18 : Gr. D. 35, 4.

  • Láre

    pedagogio

    ,
      An. Ox. 1099.

  • On ríme wæs þreó þúsend þǽra leóda álesen tó láre (

    to instruct Elene about the cross

    ),
      El. 286.

  • Wé beódað þǽm mæssepreóstum . . . ꝥ hig swíðe geornlice ymb þæs folces láre sýn . . . Ne mæg eówer nán hyne láre beládian; ǽlc eówer hafað tungan; sé þe gód sprecan wile, symble hé mæg sumné mon gebétan, Ll. Th. ii. 424, 14-25. I a.

    a piece of teaching or instruction, a lesson

    :-- Hé gebád leódum tó láre longsnmne hiht,
      Exod. 405.
the condition of being taught, learning, study
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  • Láre

    disciplinae

    ,
      An. Ox. 1098.

  • His frýnd hine befæstan tó láre,

      Hml. S. 3, 4.

  • Marcus wæs mid Petre on láre,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 12, 33.

  • Hé wæs lange on láre on Mediolana byrig,

      Hml. S. 5, 2 : 3, 10.

  • Befæst tó woruldlicre láre,

      4, 185.

  • Smeágunge, láre

    studium

    ,
      An. Ox. 2010.
that which is taught, a (person s) doctrine or
teaching
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  • Mín lár (laar, L.) nis ná mín

    mea doctrina non est mea

    ,
      Jn. 7, 16.

  • Eów is lár Godes ábroðen of breóstum,

      Exod. 268.

  • Hié hyrcnodon háliges láre,

      An. 654.

  • Tó bodianne þá hálgan láre, Gr. D. 35, 5. III a. in pl.

    doctrines, precepts, ordinances

    :-- Þý lǽs tóworpen sién fród fyrngewritu and þá fæderlican láre forlǽten,
      El. 432.

  • Lára

    dogmatum

    ,
      An. Ox. 2088.

  • On wordsnoterlicum lárum

    in philosophicis dogmatibus

    , 2270: 2305.

  • Lárum

    traditiones (Pharisaeorum ),

    5100.

  • Lárum and trymnessum, cýðnessum adstipulationibus (scripturae

    adstipulationibus

    ornatus foeminarum rapina virorum vocatur,
      Ald. 76, 23), Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 63.

  • Rihtwrítera lára

    orthographorum disciplinas

    ,
      An. Ox. 196.
advice, counsel, suggestion, instruction, order
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  • Exantipus him Rómáne andréd for þon hié for his láre æt hiora geméttinge beswicene wurdon,

      Ors. 4, 6; S. 176, 7.

  • Hió Offan flet be fæder láre gesóhte,

      B. 1950.

  • Láre sugestiones, Kent. Gl. 1175. IV a.

    an instance of malicious counsel, a plot

    :-- Ðá hǽþnan bisceopas ðæt wrégdon . . . Ealle ðá hǽþenan bisceopas swulton, þá ðe in þǽre láre wǽron,
      Shrn. 121, 5.
speech intended to instruct or
inform
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  • Lár

    paradigma (evangelicum

    the parable of the good seed),
      An. Ox. 1406.

  • Háliges láre

    the story of St. Andrew

    ,
      An. 1480.

  • Lára, bodunga,

    cathegorias, i. nuntiationes ł praedicationes

    ,
      An. Ox. 3128.
that which is learned, learning, erudition
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  • Hié ne wéndon ðætte sió lár sceolde swǽ oðfeallan,

      Past. 5, 23.

  • Sió lár Lǽdengeðiódes,

      7, 15.

  • Of his láre bit ancnáwen,

      Kent. Gl. 399.

  • Hé wæs on bóclicum lárum getýd, and hé on ðǽre láre ðeáh. . . . Hé gefæstnode his láre on fæsthafelum gemynde, Hml. Th. ii. 118, 16-20. VI a. a particular branch of learning, a study :-- On bóclicum lárum getýð trained in literary studies, Hml. Th. ii. 118, 16. VI b.

    cunning, craft

    :-- Ic mé gúðordes sweng láre gebearh,
      Gen. 2693.
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v. fore-lár, Lǽden-lár, word-lár.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “lár.” 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/54314.

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