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Sare

adj, adv, name

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    dry, withered British, archaic

    "Burn ash-wood green, 'tis a fire for a queen;"

  2. 2
    melancholy, bad, severe. Northern-England, archaic, dialectal
  3. 3
    tender, rotten Kent, archaic, dialectal
Adverb
  1. 1
    much, very much, greatly. Northern-England, UK, archaic, dialectal
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Variant of sear (“dry”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English sare, northern variant of sore, from Old English sār (“sore”). More at sore.

Etymology 3

From Middle English sare, northern variant of sore, from Old English sāre (“sorely”). Cognate with German sehr (“very”).

Etymology 4

Variant of Sayer.

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