Participles
| Present | lǣrende |
| Past | (ġe)lǣred |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | lǣre |
| 2nd sing. | lǣrest; lǣrst |
| 3rd sing. | lǣreþ; lǣrþ |
| 1st plur. | lǣraþ |
| 2nd plur. | lǣraþ |
| 3rd plur. | lǣraþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | lǣrde |
| 2nd sing. | lǣrdest |
| 3rd sing. | lǣrde |
| 1st plur. | lǣrdon |
| 2nd plur. | lǣrdon |
| 3rd plur. | lǣrdon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | lǣre |
| 2nd sing. | lǣre |
| 3rd sing. | lǣre |
| 1st plur. | lǣren |
| 2nd plur. | lǣren |
| 3rd plur. | lǣren |
Past
| 1st sing. | lǣrde |
| 2nd sing. | lǣrde |
| 3rd sing. | lǣrde |
| 1st plur. | lǣrden |
| 2nd plur. | lǣrden |
| 3rd plur. | lǣrden |
Verbs conjugated like 'læran'
læran,
Verbs similar to 'læran'
færan,
læcan,
lædan,
læfan,
lænan,
lætan,
læwan,
mæran,
ræran,
ælan,
Etymology
1. From Proto-West Germanic *laiʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *laizijaną, from *laizō (“teaching”).
2. Cognate with Old Frisian lēra, Old Saxon lērian, Dutch lēren, Old High German lēren. See: Proto-Germanic '
*laizijaną', Dutch '
lēren'.
Verbs referencing "læran"
English
doctor.
Sample Sentences
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late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
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Iċ dō swā ðū mē lǣrst... (I will do even as thou teachest me,...)
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late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
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⁊ hē onfeng, ⁊ sē cyning him sealde fēower mæssepreostas, þā sċeoldon his þēode fulwian ⁊ lǣran, ðā wǣron ġe on ġelǣrednesse ġe on heora līfe micle ⁊ goode; ond hē mid micle ġefēan swā wæs eft hām hweorfende. Wǣron þa mæssepreostas þus hātne, Ċedd ⁊ Adda ⁊ Bete ⁊ Deoma. Sē nȳhsta wæs Sċyttisċes cynnes; þā ōðre wǣron Englisċe.
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And he received, and the king released to him, four priests, who were great and good in both knowledge and their lives, who would baptize and teach his people; and so he returned home again with great joy. The priests were named thusly: Ċedd, Adda, Bete, and Deoma. The latter was of the Scottish people; the others were English.
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late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint George, Martyr"
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Nāst þū lā Geori þæt ūre godas swincað mid þē and ġīt hī synd ġeþyldiġe þæt hī þe miltsion. Nū lǣre iċ ðē swā swā lēofne sunu þæt ðū þǣra cristenra lāre forlǣte mid ealle and tō mīnum rǣde hraðe ġebūge swā þæt ðū offriġe þām ārwurðan Appoline and þū myċelne wurðmynt miht swā beġitan. (Knowest thou not, O George, that our gods are striving with thee, and even yet they are patient, that they may pity thee; now I exhort thee, as a beloved son, that thou altogether quit the Christians' doctrine, and quickly incline to my counsel, so that thou sacrifice to the venerable Apollo, and thou mayest so obtain great honour.')