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Webster 1913 Edition

Lore

Lore

(lōr)
,
Noun.
[F.
lore
, L.
lorum
thong.]
(Zool.)
(a)
The space between the eye and bill, in birds, and the corresponding region in reptiles and fishes.
(b)
The anterior portion of the cheeks of insects.

Lore

,
obs.
imp.
&
p.
p.
of
Lose
.
[See
Lose
.]
Lost.
Neither of them she found where she them
lore
.
Spenser.

Lore

,
Noun.
[OE.
lore
,
lare
, AS.
lār
, fr.
lǣran
to teach; akin to D.
leer
teaching, doctrine, G.
lehre
, Dan.
lære
, Sw.
lära
. See
Learn
, and cf.
Lere
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
That which is or may be learned or known; the knowledge gained from tradition, books, or experience; often, the whole body of knowledge possessed by a people or class of people, or pertaining to a particular subject;
as, the
lore
of the Egyptians; priestly
lore
; legal
lore
; folk
lore
.
“The lore of war.”
Fairfax.
His fair offspring, nursed in princely
lore
.
Milton.
2.
That which is taught; hence, instruction; wisdom; advice; counsel.
Chaucer.
If please ye, listen to my
lore
.
Spenser.
3.
Workmanship.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition

Lore

LORE

,
Noun.
Learning; doctrine; lesson; instruction.
The law of nations, or the lore of war.
Lo! Rome herself, proud mistress now no more of arts, but thundering against heathen lore.

Definition 2024

Lore

Lore

See also: lore, lóre, lòre, and łore

Dutch

Proper noun

Lore ?

  1. A female given name

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈloːʀə/

Etymology 1

Short form of Eleonore. See Eleanor.

Proper noun

Lore

  1. A female given name
Related terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English lorry.[1]

Noun

Lore f ‎(genitive Lore, plural Loren)

  1. A minecart.
  2. A train wagon or locomotive used in the Frisian islands in Germany.
    • 2010, 8 July, Michael Stoessinger, “Ein Bild von einem Meer”, in: Stern 28
      Nissen hat uns am Morgen mit der Lore auf einem Betriebshof bei Dagebüll abgeholt.
      Nissen picked us up in the morning with the Lore on an industrial ground near Dagebüll.

References

  1. ↑ “Lore” in: Friedrich Kluge, “Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache” , 22. Auflage, 1989, bearbeitet von Elmar Seebold, ISBN 3-11-006800-1

lore

lore

See also: Lore, łore, lóre, and lòre

English

Noun

lore ‎(countable and uncountable, plural lores)

  1. all the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.
    the lore of the Ancient Egyptians
    • Milton
      His fair offspring, nursed in princely lore.
  2. The backstory created around a fictional universe.
  3. (obsolete) workmanship
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Latin lorum ‎(“thong, strap”)

Noun

lore ‎(plural lores)

  1. (anatomy) The region between the eyes and nostrils of birds, reptiles, and amphibians.
  2. (anatomy) The anterior portion of the cheeks of insects.
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Verb

lore

  1. (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of lose
    • Spenser
      Neither of them she found where she them lore.

Anagrams

Basque

Etymology

From Latin flos, florem.

Noun

lore

  1. flower

Declension

"lore"
(inanimate noun) declension
indefinite singular plural
absolutive lore lorea loreak
ergative lorek loreak loreek
dative loreri loreari loreei
genitive loreren lorearen loreen
comitative lorerekin lorearekin loreekin
causative lorerentzat lorearentzat loreentzat
benefactive lorerengatik lorearengatik loreengatik
instrumental lorez loreaz loreez
inessive loretan lorean loreetan
locative loretako loreko loreetako
allative loretara lorera loreetara
terminative loretaraino loreraino loreetaraino
directive loretarantz lorerantz loreetarantz
destinative loretarako lorerako loreetarako
ablative loretatik loretik loreetatik
partitive lorerik
-
-
prolative loretzat
-
-

Ido

Etymology

From lor ‎(“at the time of, at the same time as”) +‎ -e ‎(“adverb”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

lore

  1. (demonstrative adverb) then, at the time
    Ilu forsis la chefa pordo, iris trans la longa vestibulo e lore apertis la pordo dil koqueyo.‎
    He forced the main door, went through the long hall, and then opened the door of the kitchen.

Related terms

  • lora ‎(“then, now”)

See also

  • ita ‎(“that (person)”)
  • ito ‎(“that (thing)”)
  • iti ‎(“that (plural)”)
  • pro ito ‎(“therefore”)
  • ibe ‎(“there”)
  • tala ‎(“such kind of”)
    • tale ‎(“thus”)
  • tanta ‎(“so much”)

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • loore

Etymology

From Old English lār.

Noun

lore

  1. lore
    • 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41
      And I seide, “Ser, in his tyme maister Ioon Wiclef was holden of ful many men the grettis clerk that thei knewen lyuynge vpon erthe. And therwith he was named, as I gesse worthili, a passing reuli man and an innocent in al his lyuynge. And herfore grete men of kunnynge and other also drowen myche to him, and comownede ofte with him. And thei sauouriden so his loore that thei wroten it bisili and enforsiden hem to rulen hem theraftir… Maister Ion Aston taughte and wroot acordingli and ful bisili, where and whanne and to whom he myghte, and he vsid it himsilf, I gesse, right perfyghtli vnto his lyues eende. Also Filip of Repintoun whilis he was a chanoun of Leycetre, Nycol Herforde, dane Geffrey of Pikeringe, monke of Biland and a maistir dyuynyte, and Ioon Purueye, and manye other whiche weren holden rightwise men and prudent, taughten and wroten bisili this forseide lore of Wiclef, and conformeden hem therto. And with alle these men I was ofte homli and I comownede with hem long tyme and fele, and so bifore alle othir men I chees wilfulli to be enformed bi hem and of hem, and speciali of Wiclef himsilf, as of the moost vertuous and goodlich wise man that I herde of owhere either knew. And herfore of Wicleef speciali and of these men I toke the lore whiche I haue taughte and purpose to lyue aftir, if God wole, to my lyues ende.”

Descendants

Tarantino

Adjective

lore m ‎(possessive, plural)

  1. theirs

Etymology

Short form of Eleonore. See Eleanor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlo.rə/

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