ppl. a. Obs. exc. dial. [OE. unlǽred (UN-1 8), = ON. úlærðr (Icel. ólærðr, MSw. olärdher, Sw. olärd, Da. ulærd). Cf. OE. unʓelǽred, MDu. ongeleert, etc.] Unlearned, untaught; ignorant.
c. 1200. Ormin, 17117. Þatt doþ uss tunnderstandenn wel Þatt he wass ȝet unnlæredd Off þatt.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 13884. Qua herd euer man sua spell, Man vnlerd o boken lare.
1340. Hampole, Pr. C., 5947. Þam þat er unlered men.
1390. Gower, Conf., I. 11. Suche as stode of trowthe unliered.
a. 1425. Cursor M., 22454 (Trin.). Hidur is good þat þei drawe, And here wel þat I shal sey Þat he wende not vnlered awey.
1552. Abp. Hamilton, Catech. (1884), 26. Thai that ar unleirit in haly writ.
1876. Whitby Gloss., 206. Unlared, or Unleeard, unlearned.