Middle English Dictionary Entry
lērer(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | lērer(e n. Also larer. |
| Etymology | From lēren v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) One who teaches, a master; also fig.; (b) one who learns, a pupil, disciple; (c) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400(?c1300) LFMass Bk.(Roy 17.B.17)164 : Bothe..reders &..herers has mykil nede..of lerers, how þai shulde rede, &..here þo wordes of god.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)21179 : Þir war his discipleis tuelue..Spellers o trouth, lerers [Trin-C: techeres] o lede.
- a1425(c1340) Rolle Psalter (LdMisc 286)134.7 : Cloudis are lerers of goddis worde.
- a1425 WBible(1) (CC 145)Heb.12.9 : Lereris [Dc 369(2): We hadden fadris of oure fleisch, lerneris, and we with reuerence dreden hem].
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)297 : Lerare, lernare, or techare: Doctor, instructor, informator.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)17.14 : Bifore the shynynge in his syght clowdes passid..that is, lerers of godis lare ȝed fra man til man.
b
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)297 : Lerare, or lernare, or he þat receyvythe lore: Discipulus.
c
- (1235) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms178 : Joh. le Lerere.
- (1252) Pat.R.Hen.III131 : Roger le Larer.