Læra

Old Norse Dictionary - læra

Meaning of Old Norse word "læra" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

læra Old Norse word can mean:

læra: ð, [Ulf. laisjan = διδάσκειν; A. S. lærnan; Old Engl. lere; Engl. learn = to teach formerly, and sometimes so used still; Scot. lair or lear; O. H. G. leran; Germ. lehren: Swed. lära; Dan. lære; in all changing the s into r; the word may be a derivative from lesa (I), to gather; cp. Eat. legere, to gather and to read]:

læra: I. to teach, with acc. or absol.; þeirra kenningar lærðu oss, Hom. (St.): the disciple in acc., læra annan í stað sinn, K. Þ. K. 60; hann lærði Ara prest, Hkr. (pref.); hverr sá maðr er lærir aðra, Gd. 35; hann lét læra hann á vígfimi ok riddara-skap ok allsháttar íþróttir, FmS. i. 97: lærðr á Látinu-tungu, K. Þ. K. 74; vel lærðir til vápna ok riddara-skaps, SkS. 381; nema hjarta heyrandans lærisk af helgum Anda, Greg. 19; lærask at e-m, to get information from a person, Karl. 444; cp. lærðr below.

læra: II. to learn, in mod. usage iir this sense only, but seems not to occur in old writers, for FaS. ii. 67 is a paper MS., but cp. læra bók, Nd. 18 (a poem of the beginning of the 15th century).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛅᚱᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

cp.: compare.

Dan.: Danish.

Engl.: English.

f.: feminine.

Germ.: German.

gl.: glossary.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

O. H. G.: Old High German.

S.: Saga.

Scot.: Scottish.

Swed.: Swedish.

Ulf.: Ulfilas.

absol.: absolute, absolutely.

acc.: accusative.

pref.: preface.

mod.: modern.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Greg.: Gregory. (F. II.)

Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)

Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)

Karl.: Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)

K. Þ. K.: Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)

Sks.: Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

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