Dere

//dɪə// adv, intj, noun, pron, verb

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Pronunciation spelling of there. alt-of, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling
Intj
  1. 1
    Pronunciation spelling of there. alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Noun
  1. 1
    Hurt; harm; injury. dialectal, obsolete

    "She did him dere."

  2. 2
    Pronunciation spelling of there. alt-of, pronunciation-spelling, uncountable
Pronoun
  1. 1
    Pronunciation spelling of there. alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Verb
  1. 1
    To hurt; harm; injure; wound. obsolete, transitive
  2. 2
    To annoy, trouble, grieve. obsolete, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

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).

Etymology 2

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.

Etymology 3

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

Etymology 4

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

Etymology 5

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

Etymology 6

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

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