Obs. [see LERE v. to teach.] = BOOK-LEARNED.
c. 1205. Lay., 25624. Biscopes þis iherden & bocilærede men.
a. 1275. Prov. Ælfred, 4, in O. E. Misc., 103. Fele booc-lerede.
c. 1325. Allit. P., B. 1551. He bede his burnes boȝ to þat were bok lered.
