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1. m. a ‘lore-swain,’ disciple, Fms. i. 134, Gþl. 40; Eyjólfr virði Þorlák mest allra sinna lærisveina, Bs. i. 91, and passim in the N. T. (the disciples of Christ), Vídal., Pass.: freq. in mod. usage = schoolboy.
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2. this word is a translation of A. S. leorning-cniht, a word used in Ælfric’s English at the time when Christianity was transported from England to Norway and Iceland; at a still earlier time the English rendered ‘discipulus’ by ‘þegn’ (Gregory’s Pastoral Care).