lareow
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Noun
lareow
- Alternative form of larew
Alternative forms
- hlārēow — erroneous
- lāruw, lāruu, lāreu — Mercian
Etymology
From lār (“teaching; doctrine”) + *ēow, a word or suffix of uncertain origin and meaning, yet apparently found also in Old Saxon lērio, lēreo (“teacher, prophet”).
Some authorities believe the second element to be a corruption of Old English þēow (“servant; minister”), which shows up in later forms of the word, e.g. Old English lārþēaw (for *lārþēow), Middle English lorthew, etc., yet this might be assimilation in retrospect caused by confusion or folk-etymology.
Pronunciation
Noun
lārēow m
- teacher
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care
- Sē lārēow sċeal bēon eallum mannum efnþrōwiende.
- A teacher should be sympathetic to everyone.
- c. 9-10th century, Bede, "Preface"
- Ǣrest mē wæs fultumiend 7 lārēow se ārwurða abbad Albinus, se wæs wīde ġefaren 7 gelǣred, 7 wæs betst ġelǣred on Angelcynne.
- My first assistant and teacher was the venerable abbot Albinus, a man who had travelled much and studied, and was the best scholar in England.
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care
Declension
Declension of lārēow (strong a-stem)
Coordinate terms
- lǣrestre f (“female teacher”)
Derived terms
- ǣlārēow
- hēahlārēow
- lārēowdōm
- lārēowlīċ
- lārēowsetl
Descendants
- Middle English: larew
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