lere

See also: lére and lerë

Afrikaans

Noun

lere

1. plural of leer

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eːrə

Verb

lere

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of leren

Anagrams

• leer

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch lēra, from Proto-Germanic *laizō.

Noun

lêre f

1. teaching
2. instruction

Inflection

Weak feminine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	lêre	lêren
accusative	lêre	lêren
genitive	lêre, lêren	lêren
dative	lêre, lêren	lêren

Descendants

• Dutch: leer
• Limburgish: lieër

Further reading

• “lere (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “lere (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English *lǣre, from Proto-West Germanic *lāʀi, *lāʀī, from Proto-Germanic *lēziz, *lēzijaz. Cognate with Dutch laar, German leer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛːr(ə)/

Adjective

lere

1. empty

Descendants

• English: leer
• Yola: lear

References

• “lēr(e, adj.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

lere

1. leer: one's appearance; countenance
   • c. 1378-9, [William Langland], “[Passus I]”, in The Vision of Pierce Plowman [...] (Cr, B-text), London: […] Roberte Crowley, […], published 1550, →OCLC:

     A loueli ladi of lere · in lynnen yclothed / Come down fram a castel.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 3

From Old English lār.

Noun

lere

1. alternative form of lore

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon lēra.

Noun

lēre f

1. lesson
2. rule

Descendants

• Low German: leer
• German Low German: Lehre, Lehr
• Plautdietsch: Lia
• → Danish: lære
• → Estonian: leer
• → Norwegian: lære
• → Swedish: lära

References

• Dr. Karl Schiller and Dr. August Lübben, 1876, Mittelniederdeutsches Wörterbuch volume 2
• "lēre (1)" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelniederdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)