lear — English Dictionary

Noun

1. Something learned; a lesson.

   Usage

   • Scotland
   • Countable
   • Uncountable

2. Learning, lore; doctrine.

   Usage

   • Scotland
   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   when all other helpes she saw to faile, / She turnd her selfe backe to her wicked leares / And by her deuilish arts thought to preuaile [...].

   More examples (1)

   'Foul befa' him and his lear too! It maun be o' some new-fangled kind, I think. Our auld minister had lear enough, baith Hebrew and Latin, and he believed in witches and warlocks, honest man, like ony ither sober, godly person.'

   They dressed up in maids' array, And passd for sisters fair; With ae consent gaed ower the sea, For to seek after lear.

Verb

1. To teach.

   Usage

   • Scotland
   • Archaic
   • Transitive

2. To learn.

   Usage

   • Archaic
   • Intransitive