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

• LEER

leer and Ger . Lehre, represents the Old See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic See also:

• 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– )

root, meaning to impart or receive knowledge, seen in " to learn," " learning." In the See also:

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

Gentleman's See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine for See also:

• JUNE

June 183o it was suggested that " lore " should be used as a termination instead of the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek 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 See also:

• BODY

body of knowledge concerning some See also:

• SPECIAL

special subject; e.g. legendary lore, See also:

• BIRD

bird-lore, &c . The most See also:

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

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