How thow lernest the peple, The lered and the lewed.
Ac it semeth now soothly To the worldes sighte, That Goddes word wercheth noght On lered ne on lewed, But in swich a manere As Marc meneth in the gospel: Dum caecus ducit caecum, ambo in foveam cadunt.
I lered leuand, withouten lees, He is a kyng of vertues clere.
Thus lered me a lettred man, For oure Lordes love of hevene; Seint Austyn a blessed lif Withouten bisynesse ladde For body and for soule, Absque sollicitudine felicitas.
And alle helered to be lele, And ech a craft love oother; And forbad hem alle debat, That noon were among hem.
And Crist counseileth thus, And comaundeth bothe, To lered and to lewede To lovyen oure enemys.
But to many maner of men This matter is asked, Both to lered and to lewed, That seyn that they liveden 50 Hollich on the grete God, And holden al his hestes.
Ich trowede me wiser To carpen other to counsaile Than eny, lered other lewede.
Friso hede fuel sjan, bi orloch was er vpbrocht, and fon tha hrenkum and lestum thera Golum and forstum heder krek sa fuel lered and geth, as-er nedich hede vmbe tha ora greva to weiande hwer hi hjam wilde.
Hir lyf shuld be as a mirrour Bothe to leredand to leude also, And teche the people hir leel labour; 755 Such mister men ben all misgo.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lered" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
