A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Lepe-ȝere], sb. leap-year, Voc., Cath.

[ Lepre], sb. leprosy, S2; leprye, Manip.—AF. lepre; Lat. lepra (Vulg.); Gr. λέπρα.

[ Lere], sb. flesh, muscle, C2; see [Lyre].

[ Lere], sb. cheek, face, S2, S3; see [Leor].

[ Lered], pp. used as adj.; læredd, the learned, clergy, S; lerud, instructed, W, W2.—AS. lǽred.

[ Lered-men], sb. pl. the learned, the clergy, S.

[ Leren], v. (1) to teach, S, S2, S3, H; learen, S; leoren, S; ler, imp. s., S; lerede, pt. s., S; leorde, S; lerde, S2; y-lered, pp., S2. (2) Leren, v. to learn, S, S2, S3, C2, H.—AS. lǽran: Goth. laisjan, to make to find out, to teach.

[ Lerned], adj. learned, C2, PP.

[ Lernen], v. to learn, teach, S, S2, S3, PP, W2; lurnen, S2; leornen, S, S2; leornin, S.—AS. leornian.

[ Les, Lese], adj. false, S; see [Lees].