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dere | deg |

As a noun dere

is door.

As an adjective dere

is bitter.

dere

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) dere, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • Hurt; harm; injury.
    • She did him dere .

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) deren, derien, from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (der)
  • To hurt; harm; injure; wound.
  • * 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 .
  • * :
    • Thenne herd he a voyse say / Galahad I see there enuyronne aboute the so many angels that my power may not dere the /
  • To annoy, trouble, grieve.
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    deg

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Short for degree

    • See also

    * grad * rad

    Verb

    (degg)
  • (Northern England, dialect) To sprinkle, moisten.
  • *1881 , Gerard Manley Hopkins, ''
  • *:Degged with dew, dappled with dew
  • *:Are the groins of the braes that the brook treads through

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