lore

Meaning

Noun

1. All the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.
2. The backstory created around a fictional universe.
3. (obsolete) Workmanship.

Verb

1. (obsolete) simple past and past participle of lose
2. (obsolete) simple past and past participle of lose, used in the sense of "left"
3. (obsolete) simple past and past participle of lese

Concepts

lore

knowledge

learning

traditional knowledge

den

science

folklore

practice

sapience

legend

tradition

teaching

erudition

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lɔɹ/

Etymology

From Middle English lore, from Old English lār, from Proto-West Germanic *laiʀu, from Proto-Germanic *laizō, from *laizijaną (“to teach”). Cognate with Dutch leer, German Lehre, Swedish lära and Danish lære. See also learn.