Obs. [f. LERE v. + -ING1. Cf. ON. lǽring.] a. Learning. b. Instruction, teaching; doctrine.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 14811. For til him was þe lai bi-taght, þat he him thoru lering laght.
a. 1340. Hampole, Pr. Consc., 170. For a man excuses noght his unkunnyng That his wittes uses noght in leryng.
1357. Lay Folks Catech., 28. And all the knawing þat we have in þis world of him, Is of heryng, and leryng and techyng of othir.
1377. Langl., P. Pl., B. X. 16. Anima that lady is ladde bi his lerynge.
c. 1460. J. Russell, Bk. Nurture, 831. Yowre sawces to make y shalle geue yow lerynge.
