larn

Possibly from Old English læran (“to teach”). Compare with German lehren with identical meaning. But probably just a variant of standard English learn.

larn (third-person singular simple present larns, present participle larnin, simple past and past participle larned or larnt)

1. (Northern England, especially Tyneside) To learn.
2. (Northern England, especially Tyneside) To teach.
   • 1954, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring:

     A bump of the boot to the seat, Tom thought, would be the way to larn him.

   Larn yersel te taalk propa like!

• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN
• Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, →ISBN
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
• Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977

• lRNA