gelæred

From ġe +‎ lǣran +‎ -ed.

• IPA^(key): /jeˈlæː.red/

ġelǣred

1. past participle of ġelǣran

ġelǣred (superlative ġelǣredest)

1. (of persons) instructed, skilled, knowledgeable, wise
2. (of persons) learned, erudite
   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Đā ġelǣredan ne beðurfon þyssera bōca, forðan ðe him mæġ heora āgen lār genihtsumian. Iċ cweðe nū þæt iċ næfre heonon forð ne āwende godspel oððe godspeltrahtas of Lēdene on Englisċ.

     The learned have no need of these books, for their own learning will suffice. I say now that henceforth, I will never translate a gospel or a gospel-commentary from Latin into English.

3. (of things) displaying skill, wisdom, or knowledge
4. (of things) connected with or resulting from learning; learned

• unġelǣred

• sāmlǣred

• Middle English: ilered, ylered

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ge-lǽred”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.