lere
Afrikaans
    
    
Dutch
    
    Pronunciation
    
- Rhymes: -eːrə
Anagrams
    
Middle Dutch
    
    Etymology
    
From Old Dutch lēra, from Proto-Germanic *laizō.
Inflection
    
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
    
- Dutch: leer
- Limburgish: lieër
Further reading
    
- “lere (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “lere (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Middle English
    
    Etymology 1
    
From Old English *lǣre, from Proto-West Germanic *lāʀi, *lāʀī, from Proto-Germanic *lēziz, *lēzijaz. Cognate with Dutch laar, German leer.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˈlɛːr(ə)/
References
    
- “lēr(e, adj.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Noun
    
lere
- leer: one's appearance; countenance
-  c. 1370–1390, [William Langland], “[Passus I]”, in The Vision of Pierce Plowman [...], London: […] Roberte Crowley, […], published 1550, →OCLC:- A loueli ladi of lere · in lynnen yclothed / Come down fram a castel.- (please add an English translation of this quote)
 
 
 
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Etymology 3
    
From Old English lār.
Middle Low German
    
    
References
    
- Dr. Karl Schiller and Dr. August Lübben, 1876, Mittelniederdeutsches Wörterbuch volume 2
- "lēre (1)" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelniederdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)
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