Loreとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From 中期英語 lore, from 古期英語 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.

名詞

lore (countable and uncountable, plural lores)

1. All the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.

   the recondite lore of the Ancient Egyptians

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     He to them calles and speakes, yet nought avayles; / They heare him not, they have forgot his lore / But go which way they list; their guide they have forelore.

2. (chiefly fandom slang) The backstory, especially for a character or setting, created around a fictional universe.

   Coordinate term: canon

   Lore documents reveal that she was backstabbed by her subordinate, who wanted to become king, and she feels vengeful about it.

   • 2018 March 6, Martin Robinson, “Dispelling the myths of Bloodborne”, in Eurogamer‎:

     You might have stumbled upon discussions of Bloodborne's lore - there are plenty of discussions about Bloodborne's lore - which can be more than a little dense and, to the outsider, off-putting.

   1. (by extension, Internet slang) Trivia shared by a person about themself.

      It's Ashot lore that I used to have a priv where I posted pictures of weird animals I found on the street.

      Most new followers don't know about my marching band lore.

3. (obsolete) Workmanship.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     In her right hand a rod of peace shee bore, / About the which two serpents weren wound; / Entrayled mutually in lovely lore, / And by the tailes together firmely bound […]

派生語

派生した語

• → Russian: лор (lor)
• → Ukrainian: лор (lor)

語源 2

From Latin lorum (“thong, strap”).

名詞

lore (plural lores)

1. (anatomy) The region between the eyes and nostrils of birds, reptiles, and amphibians.
   • 2022, Jim Crace, eden, Picador, page 40:

     He’s sticky and encrusted on one side below his beak and amongst the lores around his eyes by the pips and juices he has dined upon, the pith and pulp of feeding.

2. (anatomy) The anterior portion of the cheeks of insects.

派生語

• loral, loreal
• lored

語源 3

動詞

lore

1. (obsolete) simple past and past participle of lose
2. (obsolete) simple past and past participle of lose, used in the sense of "left"
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 44:

     Neither of them she found where she them lore.

3. (obsolete) simple past and past participle of lese

アナグラム

• Orel, Orle, Orël, eorl, orle, relo, Roel, role, rôle

名詞

lore

1. dative singular of lor

別の表記

• lar, lare, layre, lere, leyre, loore
• lære, leore, loare (Early Middle English)

発音

• IPA: /ˈlɔːr(ə)/, /ˈlɛːr(ə)/
• (Early Middle English) IPA: /ˈlɑːr(ə)/, /ˈlɛːr(ə)/
• (Northern) IPA: /laːr/, /lɛːr/

名詞

lore (plural lores)

1. Education or teaching; the provision of knowledge.
2. Studying or learning; the absorption of knowledge.
3. Knowledge or information, especially:
   • 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41:

     And thei sauouriden so his loore that thei wroten it bisili and enforsiden hem to rulen hem theraftir… …taughten and wroten bisili this forseide lore of Wiclef, and conformeden hem therto… And herfore of Wicleef speciali and of these men I toke the lore whiche I haue taughte and purpose to lyue aftir, if God wole, to my lyues ende.”

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   1. Doctrine; a tenet or the tenets of a religion or science.
   2. A topic or field of research; a discipline.
   3. (rare) Competence or proficiency; one's skill in a discipline.
4. A directive, instruction, or set of them:
   1. An admonition or exhortation; a fervent plea.
   2. A conduct or conducts; guidance.
5. (rare) Significance, value, or importance.
6. (rare) A tale or narrative.

派生語

派生した語

• English: lore
  • → Russian: лор (lor)
  • → Ukrainian: лор (lor)
• Scots: lare, lair

参照

• “lōr(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 28 April 2018.

語源 2

From 古期英語 lor.

発音

• IPA: /ˈlɔːr(ə)/

名詞

lore

1. Loss; the act of losing something, especially soldiers in battle.
2. Ruin, destruction, or injury.

参照

• “lōre, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 28 April 2018.