læran

Meaning

1. [with accusative] to teach, instruct, train

   Iċ dō swā ðū mē lǣrst...

   I will do even as thou teachest me,...

   late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies

2. [with accusative] to advise, exhort, urge

   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.'

   late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint George, Martyr"

3. [with accusative] to admonish, warn, dissuade

4. [with accusative] to enjoin; to command, prescribe

5. [with accusative] (malicious) to instigate, incite, provoke

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