læra

From late Old Norse læra, lǽra, from Old Saxon lērian, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *laizijaną.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛaːɹa]

læra f (genitive singular læru, plural lærur)

1. teachings

læra (third person singular past indicative lærdi, third person plural past indicative lært, supine lært)

1. to learn
2. to teach

• (learn): læra seg

• lærari (teacher)

From late Old Norse læra, lǽra, from Old Saxon lērian, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *laizijaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaiːra/

  Rhymes: -aiːra

læra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lærði, supine lært)

1. (intransitive) to learn, to study
   • Timothy 2:11-12 (English, Icelandic)

     Konan á að læra í kyrrþey, í allri undirgefni. Ekki leyfi ég konu að kenna eða taka sér vald yfir manninum, heldur á hún að vera kyrrlát.

     A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent.

2. (transitive, governs the accusative) to study something, to learn something

   Ég er að læra strjála stærðfræði.

   I'm studying discrete mathematics.

• læra utanbókar (learn by heart)

læra

1. indefinite genitive plural of læri

• læren

læra m or f

1. definite feminine singular of lære

• lære

From Old Norse læra. Akin to English learn.

• IPA^(key): /²læːrɑ/

læra (present tense lærer, past tense lærte, past participle lært, passive infinitive lærast, present participle lærande, imperative lær)

1. to learn
2. to teach

læra f (definite singular læra, indefinite plural lærer or læror, definite plural lærene or lærone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of lære
2. definite singular of lære

• “læra” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.