dere
dere · deres
Hurt; harm; injuryHurt; harm; injury.
/dɪə/
Meaning
1 senses(dialectal, obsolete)Hurt; harm; injury.
She did him dere.
Origin
From Middle English dere, from Old English dæru, daru (“injury, hurt, harm, damage, calamiFrom 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”).
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