lettrure

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Middle English

Noun

lettrure

  1. Alternative form of letterure
    • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Monk's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 3485-3486:
      Two sones by this Odenake hadde she,
      The whiche she kepte in vertu and lettrure;
      [...]
      Two sons by this Odenake had she,
      Whom she kept in virtue and learning;