LORE

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LORE , properly instruction, teaching, knowledge. The O. Eng. ldr, as the Dutch

leer

LEER

and Ger. Lehre, represents the Old Teutonic

root

ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

, meaning to impart or receive knowledge, seen in " to learn," " learning." In the

Gentleman

GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its
original
- ORIGINAL
and strict signification, a
term
- TERM
denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

's Magazine for June 183o it was suggested that " lore " should be used as a termination instead of the

Greek

GREEK
GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

derivative -ology in the names of the various sciences. This was never done, but the word, both as termination and alone, is frequently applied to the many traditional beliefs, stories, &c., connected with the

body

BODY

of knowledge concerning
some

special

SPECIAL

subject; e.g. legendary lore,

bird

BIRD

-lore, &c. The most

familiar

FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

use is in " folk-lore " (q.v.).

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