▪ I. † dere, n. Obs.
Forms: 3–6 dere, 4–5 der, 5 (darr), deire, derre, deerre, 5–6 deere, 5–7 Sc. deir, 6 deare, 7 dial. dare.
[f. dere v.: perhaps a continuation of OE. daru (whence ME. darr) with the vowel assimilated to the vb.: cf. MDu. dere, in Kilian dere, deyre ‘nocumentum, offensa, noxa’. See next.]
Harm, hurt, injury, mischief, esp. in phr. to do (a person) dere.
| c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 3214 Pharaon bannede vt his here, Israel he ðhoȝte to don dere. c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 8904 Now may ȝe lyghtly bere þe stones to schip wyþouten dere. 14.. Grene Knt. 401 in Sir Gawayne (Bannatyne Club) App. 237 If itt be poynt of any warr, There shall noe man doe you noe darr. c 1460 Towneley Myst. (Surtees) 149 Wylle ye do any dere to my chyld and me? c 1485 Digby Myst. (1882) ii. 192, I shall the socor in euery dere. c 1570 Pride & Lowl. (1841) 13 Many a vice..Which do, and have done this land mickle deere. 1603 Philotus lxxiii, Ȝow mon first to me sweir, That ȝe to me sall do na deir. 1674 Ray N.C. Words 13 Dare, harm or pain..It does me no dare, i.e. no harm. |
▪ II. † dere, v. Obs.
Forms: 1 derian, 2–4 derie(n, (4 deri, derye), 2–3 deren, 3–6 dere, 4–5 der, (4–7 deere, 5 deire, dayre, 5–6 deyre, 6 dear(e, Sc. deir, 6–7 dare).
[OE. dęrian, dęriᵹan = OFris. dera, OS. derian, MDu. dēren (daren), Du. deren, OHG. terjan, teren, MHG. tern:—WGer. *darjan, f. WGer. *dara str. fem., OHG. tara, OE. daru, hurt, harm, injury, damage.]
1. trans. To hurt, harm, injure.
In OE. intrans. with dative, ‘to do harm to’.
| c 888 K. ælfred Boeth. vii. §3 Þæt him ða stormas derian ne mahan. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 13 Ne þet eou scal derien nouðer here ne hunger. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 79 Flesliche lustes þe derieð ure sowle. c 1300 Havelok 574 Leoun or wlf..Or oþer best, þat wolde him dere. 1380 Lay Folks' Catech. (Lamb. MS.) 831 Fals wytnesse þow noon beere Þy neyȝbore wyttyngly to dere. c 1470 Henry Wallace ix. 164 He gert him suer Fra that day furth he suld him neuir der. c 1510 Barclay Mirr. Gd. Manners (1570) D iv, Who is without trespasse, what can him hurt or dere. 1573 Tusser Husb. ii. (1878) 8 Great charge so long did dare me. c 1611 Chapman Iliad xi. 406 The wound did dare him sore. 1613 T. Potts Disc. Witches (1845) K ij a, The stick nor the stake shall never deere thee. |
b. absol. To do harm, ‘hurt’.
| a 1100 O.E. Chron. an. 1032 Gehwær hit [þat wilderfyr] derode eac on maneᵹum stowum. a 1300 Cursor M. 10014 (Cott.) Þat nathing mai cum in þat ders. c 1386 Chaucer Sqr.'s T. 232 And of Achilles for his queinte spere, For he couþe wiþ it boþe hele and dere. c 1400 Destr. Troy 1293 Ffor to dere for the dethe of his dere cosyn. |
2. To trouble, grieve, vex, annoy, incommode.
| c 1340 Cursor M. 7377 (Trin.) To be king not wol him dere. c 1400 Mandeville (Roxb.) iii. 9 Stagez..ilk ane abouen oþer, to see þe iustyng, so þat nane schall dere oþer, ne lett oþer to see. c 1400 Destr. Troy 13550 Now me bus, as a beggar, my bred for to thigge At doris vpon dayes, that dayres me full sore. 1481 Caxton Reynard xxxix. (Arb.) 106 That dered hym so moche that he wyste not what to saye..he was so angry in his herte. 1559 Mirr. Mag., Dk. Suffolk x, When we [envoys] shewed wherein eche other dered, we sought out meanes al quarels to haue clered. 1674 Ray S. & E.C. Words 64 It dares me, it pains or grieves me. |
Hence ˈdering vbl. n.; ˈdering (derend, deriynde) ppl. a., doing harm, hurtful.
| a 1325 Prose Psalter liv. [lv.] 3 Hij were derend to me in ire. 1340 Ayenb. 63 Þer byeþ leazinges helpinde, and leazinges likynde, and leazinges deriynde. c 1400 Destr. Troy 11003 Dyng hom to dethe for deyring of other. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 118 Derynge or noyynge, nocumentum, gravamen. |
▪ III. dere
obs. form of dare v.2, dear, deer.