lore

See also: Lore, łore, lóre, and lòre

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) lô, IPA^(key): /lɔː/
• (US) lôr, IPA^(key): /lɔɹ/, /loʊɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)

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• Homophone: law (in some non-rhotic accents)

Etymology 1

From Middle English lore, from Old English lār, from West Germanic *laizā, from Proto-Germanic *laizō, from *laizijaną (“to teach”). Cognate with Dutch leer, German Lehre. See also learn.

Noun

lore (countable and uncountable, plural lores)

1. all the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.

   the lore of the Ancient Egyptians

   • Milton

     His fair offspring, nursed in princely lore.

2. The backstory created around a fictional universe.
3. (obsolete) workmanship

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Derived terms

terms derived from lore (noun)

birdlore booklore catlore doglore faxlore

fishlore folklore photocopylore woodlore wortlore xeroxlore

Translations

all the facts and traditions about a particular subject

• Catalan: sabiduria f, saviesa f
• Finnish: perimätieto (fi)
• Icelandic: fróðleikur (is) m, þjóðlegur fróðleikur m

• Macedonian: знаење n (znáenje)
• Scottish Gaelic: seanchas m
• Spanish: sabiduría (es) m
• Swedish: lära (sv) c

the backstory created around a fictional universe

• Finnish: taustatarina

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• Spanish: leyenda f, saber popular m

Etymology 2

From Latin lorum (“thong, strap”)

Noun

lore (plural lores)

1. (anatomy) The region between the eyes and nostrils of birds, reptiles, and amphibians.
2. (anatomy) The anterior portion of the cheeks of insects.

Derived terms

• lored

Etymology 3

Verb

lore

1. (obsolete) past tense of lose
   • Spenser

     Neither of them she found where she them lore.

Anagrams

• Orel, orle, relo, role, rôle

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Basque

Etymology

From Latin flos, florem.

Noun

lore

1. flower

Declension

"lore" (inanimate noun) declension indefinite singular plural absolutive lore lorea loreak ergative lorek loreak loreek dative loreri loreari loreei genitive loreren lorearen loreen comitative lorerekin lorearekin loreekin causative lorerentzat lorearentzat loreentzat benefactive lorerengatik lorearengatik loreengatik instrumental lorez loreaz loreez inessive loretan lorean loreetan locative loretako loreko loreetako allative loretara lorera loreetara terminative loretaraino loreraino loreetaraino directive loretarantz lorerantz loreetarantz destinative loretarako lorerako loreetarako ablative loretatik loretik loreetatik partitive lorerik - - prolative loretzat - -

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Ido

Adverb

lore

1. then

   Ilu forsis la chefa pordo, iris trans la longa vestibulo e lore apertis la pordo dil koqueyo. — He forced the main door, went through the long hall, and then opened the door of the kitchen.

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• loore

Etymology

From Old English lār.

Noun

lore

1. lore
   • 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41

     And I seide, “Ser, in his tyme maister Ioon Wiclef was holden of ful many men the grettis clerk that thei knewen lyuynge vpon erthe. And therwith he was named, as I gesse worthili, a passing reuli man and an innocent in al his lyuynge. And herfore grete men of kunnynge and other also drowen myche to him, and comownede ofte with him. And thei sauouriden so his loore that thei wroten it bisili and enforsiden hem to rulen hem theraftir… Maister Ion Aston taughte and wroot acordingli and ful bisili, where and whanne and to whom he myghte, and he vsid it himsilf, I gesse, right perfyghtli vnto his lyues eende. Also Filip of Repintoun whilis he was a chanoun of Leycetre, Nycol Herforde, dane Geffrey of Pikeringe, monke of Biland and a maistir dyuynyte, and Ioon Purueye, and manye other whiche weren holden rightwise men and prudent, taughten and wroten bisili this forseide lore of Wiclef, and conformeden hem therto. And with alle these men I was ofte homli and I comownede with hem long tyme and fele, and so bifore alle othir men I chees wilfulli to be enformed bi hem and of hem, and speciali of Wiclef himsilf, as of the moost vertuous and goodlich wise man that I herde of owhere either knew. And herfore of Wicleef speciali and of these men I toke the lore whiche I haue taughte and purpose to lyue aftir, if God wole, to my lyues ende.”

Descendants

• English: lore

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Adjective

lore (possesive, plural) m, f

1. theirs