leornian

Old English

leornian

to learn
Ǣlċe dæġe iċ leorniġe mā be þisse mǣran byrġ.
Every day I learn more about this great city.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Mark, Evangelist"
  Ne ge-seah he crist on life ac he leornode swaðeah of petres bodunge hu he ða boc gesette...
  He never saw Christ in life, but he learned, nevertheless, from Peter's preaching, how he should write the book,...
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Basilius, Bishop"
  His fæder and his frynd hine befæstan to lare, to woruldwisdom, ða þa he syfon wyntre wæs, forþan þe on þam timan ne teah nan æðelborennysse nænne man to wurðscype, butan he wisdom ær ðam lange leornode æt gelæredum uðwytum.
  His father and his friends committed him to learning and to worldly wisdom when he was seven years [old], because at that time no nobility exalted any man to honour, unless he had learned wisdom for a long time beforehand of learned philosophers.
to study
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
  Þā hē þās bōc hæfde ġeleornode and of Lǣdene tō Engliscum spelle ġewende, þā ġeworhte hē hīe eft tō lēoðe.
  When King Alfred had studied this book and translated it from Latin verse into English prose, he converted it back into verse.

Conjugation of leornian (weak class 2)