dere

Meanings

Noun

• Hurt; harm; injury.
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Verb

• To hurt; harm; injure; wound.
• To annoy, trouble, grieve.

Adverb

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Interjection

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Pronoun

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Origin

• From Middle English dere, from Old English dæru, daru, from Proto-West Germanic *daru, from Proto-Germanic *darō ("damage, injury"), from Proto-Indo-European, from *dʰerh₃-.
• Cognate with Middle Dutch dare, dere, Low German dere, Old High German tara, Avestan 𐬛𐬁𐬭𐬁, Sanskrit धारा.
• From Middle English deren, derien, from Old English derian ("to damage, injure, hurt, harm"), from Proto-West Germanic *darjan ("to injure, harm"), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰō(w)- ("to sharpen"). Cognate with Scots dere, deir, Saterland Frisian dera ("to injure, damage"), West Frisian deare, derre, Dutch deren ("to injure, damage, scathe"), Middle High German tern ("to injure"). Related to dart.
• Nonstandard spelling of there, reflecting any of a variety of accents with th-stopping.