larn
English edit
Etymology edit
Possibly from Old English læran (“to teach”). Compare with German lehren with identical meaning. But probably just a variant of standard English learn.
Verb edit
larn (third-person singular simple present larns, present participle larnin, simple past and past participle larned or larnt)
- (Northern England, especially Geordie) To learn.
- (Northern England, especially Geordie, Appalachia, near archaic) To teach.
- 1954, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring:
- A bump of the boot to the seat, Tom thought, would be the way to larn him.
- Larn yersel te taalk propa like!
References edit
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN
- Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, →ISBN
- Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
- Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[1]
- Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English (Montgomery, M. & J. Hall, 2004, U. of Tennessee Press)