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lore

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lore 1  (lôr, lr)
n.
1. Accumulated facts, traditions, or beliefs about a particular subject. See Synonyms at knowledge.
2. Knowledge acquired through education or experience.
3. Archaic Material taught or learned.

[Middle English, from Old English lr; see leis-1 in Indo-European roots.]

lore 2  (lôr, lr)
n.
The space between the eye and the base of the bill of a bird or between the eye and nostril of a snake.

[Latin lrum, thong.]

lore
Noun
collective knowledge or wisdom on a particular subject [Old English lār]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.lorelore - knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote; "early peoples passed on plant and animal lore through legend"
cognitive content, mental object, content - the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
old wives' tale - a bit of lore passed on by word of mouth
folklore - the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture

lore
noun traditions, sayings, experience, saws, teaching, beliefs, wisdom, doctrine, mythos, folk-wisdom, traditional wisdom
Translations
lore [lɔːʳ] nsaber m popular; tradiciones fpl

lore [lɔːʳ] ntradition(s) f(pl)

lore [lɔːʳ] nÜberlieferungen pl

lore [lɔːʳ] ntradizioni fpl

lore
n lore [loː]
knowledge handed down on a subject the lore of the sea. wysheid, kundigheid معرِفَه متوارَثَه عن موضوع знания tradice overlevering die Lehre λαϊκή παράδοση saber õpetus فرهنگ نژادی tietämys traditions תוֹרָה, יֶדַע विधा, जनश्रुति predaja, znanost tudomány hikayat (þjóðlegur) fróðleikur sapere 伝承 (전승된) 지식, 학문 tradicinis žinojimas, išmintis zināšanas (noteiktā nozarē) tradisi overgeleverde kennis tradisjon; kunnskap wiedza conhecimento cunoştinţe (специальные) знания tradícia izročilo poznavanje kunskap, kännedom, lära ความรู้ที่ถ่ายทอดสืบต่อกันมา bilgi(ler) 學問, 知識 практичні знання کسی موضوع پر روایات کا مجموعہ tri thức ,


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with all his lore, Wherefore he sang, or whence the mandate sped.
On one of these occasions, "suddenly there hovered around the top of the rock a brightness of unequaled clearness and color, which, in increasingly smaller circles thickened, was the enchanting figure of the beautiful Lore.
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
 
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