The Meaning of Lore

How ‘lore’, a largely neglected medieval word, has found a new lease of life in fandom.

Birdlore: ‘De avibus’ (On Birds), from De proprietatibus rerum (On the Properties of Things), by Bartholomaeus Anglicus, 1240.

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