OZDIC

lear

UK /ˈlɪɹ/ US /ˈlɪɹ/
noun 3name 3verb 2

Definitions

noun

1

Something learned; a lesson.

2

Learning, lore; doctrine.

when all other helpes she saw to faile, / She turnd her selfe backe to her wicked leares / And by her deuilish arts thought to preuaile [...].

'Foul befa' him and his lear too! It maun be o' some new-fangled kind, I think. Our auld minister had lear enough, baith Hebrew and Latin, and he believed in witches and warlocks, honest man, like ony ither sober, godly person.'

verb

1

To teach.

2

To learn.

noun

1

Alternative form of lehr.

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