deore
Old English
Alternative forms
- diere, diore
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *diurijaz
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdeːo̯re/
Adjective
dēore
- dear
Usage notes
Can be used with a noun in the dative to mean dear to:"...ne cūþe nā mann swā mycel of sang...Glēoman him [wǣron] dēore." (Laym. 7004, manuscript collections of the late Joseph Bosworth)
Declension
| Weak | Strong | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| case | singular | plural | case | singular | plural | ||||||||
| m | n | f | m | n | f | m | n | f | |||||
| nominative | dēora | dēore | dēore | dēoran | nom. | dēore | dēore | dēoru | dēore | dēoru, -e | dēora, -e | ||
| accusative | dēoran | dēore | dēoran | acc. | dēorne | dēore | dēore | dēore | dēoru, -e | dēora, -e | |||
| genitive | dēoran | dēorra, dēorena | gen. | dēores | dēores | dēorre | dēorra | ||||||
| dative | dēoran | dēorum | dat. | dēorum | dēorum | dēorre | dēorum | ||||||
| instrumental | dēore | ||||||||||||
Derived terms
- dēorlīċe
Descendants
- Middle English: dere
- Scots: dere, deir
- English: dear
Adverb
dēore
- dearly