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leornung

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§216; §225; §371; §373;
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the action of learning
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  • Ðá ðe beóð gesette tó ðǽre ðénunga ðæs láreówdómes ðæt hí nǽfre ne gewíten from ðǽre geornfulnesse ðǽre rædinge and leornunge háligra gewrita

    ut qui ad officium praedicationis excubant, a sacrae lectionis studio non recedant,

      Past. 171, 21.

  • Him bið ðearf ðæt hé hine genime simle be ðǽre leornunge háligra gewrita, and be ðám áríse,

    studere incessabiliter debet, ut per eruditionis studium resurgat,

      169, 15.
the condition of a learner, pupilage
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  • Láreówdóm vel leornung

    discipulatus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 10.
what is learnt or
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  • Sió fóstermódur ǽlcre leornunga and ǽlces cræftes

    mater omnium virtutum,

      Past. 217, 1.
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v. for-leorning.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “leornung.” 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/54543.

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