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dere.

Hurt; harm; injury.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/dɪə/Received-Pronunciation

  1. Hurt; harm; injury.

    dialectal · obsolete
    She did him dere.
Where this word comes from

From Middle English dere, from Old English dæru, daru (“injury, hurt, harm, damage, calamity; loss, deprivation”), from Proto-West Germanic *daru, from Proto-Germanic *darō (“damage, injury”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰórh₃-eh₂, from *dʰerh₃- (“to leap, spring”). Cognate with Middle Dutch dare, dere, Low German dere, Old High German tara, Avestan 𐬛𐬁𐬭𐬁 (dārā), Sanskrit धारा (dhā́rā).

verb/dɪə/Received-Pronunciation

  1. To hurt; harm; injure; wound.

    obsolete · transitive

  2. To annoy, trouble, grieve.

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English deren, from Old English derian (“to damage, injure, hurt, harm”), from Proto-West Germanic *darjan (“to injure, harm”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃- (“to leap, spring”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian dera (“to injure, damage”), West Frisian deare, derre (“to harm, injure”), Dutch deren (“to injure, damage, scathe”), Middle High German tern (“to injure”). Related to dart.

adv/dɛː(ɹ)//d̪ɛː(ɹ)/English, Ulster/d̪ɛə(ɹ)/Midlands/d̪iəɹ/

  1. Pronunciation spelling of there.

    alt-of · not-comparable · pronunciation-spelling
Where this word comes from

Nonstandard spelling of there, reflecting any of a variety of accents with th-stopping.

intj/dɛː(ɹ)//d̪ɛː(ɹ)/English, Ulster/d̪ɛə(ɹ)/Midlands/d̪iəɹ/

  1. Pronunciation spelling of there.

    alt-of · pronunciation-spelling
Where this word comes from

Nonstandard spelling of there, reflecting any of a variety of accents with th-stopping.

noun/dɛː(ɹ)//d̪ɛː(ɹ)/English, Ulster/d̪ɛə(ɹ)/Midlands/d̪iəɹ/

  1. Pronunciation spelling of there.

    alt-of · pronunciation-spelling · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Nonstandard spelling of there, reflecting any of a variety of accents with th-stopping.

pron/dɛː(ɹ)//d̪ɛː(ɹ)/English, Ulster/d̪ɛə(ɹ)/Midlands/d̪iəɹ/

  1. Pronunciation spelling of there.

    alt-of · pronunciation-spelling
Where this word comes from

Nonstandard spelling of there, reflecting any of a variety of accents with th-stopping.

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