doeire

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Old French

Noun

doeire oblique singular, m (oblique plural doeires, nominative singular doeires, nominative plural doeire)

dowry
- c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
  La meitié de tote ma terre
  Li voudrai doner an doeire
  Half of my land
  I want to give her as a dowry

Descendants

French: douaire
→ Middle English: dower, dowere, douweer, dowaire, dowaire, dowayr, douere
- English: dower
- Scots: dower

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