† lorthewn.
Obsolete.
A teacher, preceptor, instructor.
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larewc900
mastereOE
lorthewc1160
lore-fatherc1175
lerera1340
lister1377
loresman1377
doctora1382
learner1382
teacherc1384
readera1387
lore-mastera1400
former1401
informer?c1422
preceptorc1450
instructora1464
informator1483
doctrinal?1504
lear-father1533
usher1533
instructer1534
trainer1543
educator1609
instituter1670
institutorc1675
subpreceptor1696
Barbe1710
pundit1816
umfundisi1825
preception1882
guru1884
mwalimu1884
rabbi1917
c1160 Hatton Gosp. John i. 38 Rabbi þæt ys gecweðen & ge-reaht larðeow [c1000 lareow].
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 117 He [þe biscop] godes budel is and to larþeawe iset þan leawede folke.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 7 Þe lauerd sainte powel is heued lorðeau of alle holie chirechen.
a1250 Prov. Ælfred 105 in Old Eng. Misc. 108 Þe mon þe on his youhþe yeorne leorneþ wit and wisdom..he may beon on elde wenliche lorþeu.
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