dere

See also derë

English

Etymology

Old English derian, from West Proto-Germanic *darjanan. Cognate with Dutch deren.

Verb

dere (third-person singular simple present deres, present participle dering, simple past and past participle dered)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To hurt, harm, injure.
   • c. 1390, Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Squire's Tale’, Canterbury Tales:

     And of Achilles with his queynte spere, / For he koude with it bothe heele and dere [...].

   • 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XIII:

     Than herde he a voyce sey, ‘Sir Galahad, I se there envyrowne aboute the so many angels that my power may nat deare the!’

2. (obsolete) To annoy, trouble, grieve.

Anagrams

• deer
• dree
• rede
• reed, Reed

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eːrə

Verb

dere

1. singular present subjunctive of deren.