dere – Middle English noun declension

Middle English noun forms of dere

Noun: dere
Sg.dere
Pl.deres

Genitive

Dative

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like dere

schimeringe, synger, serche, sengle, snoute, saucer, sauter, sapour, saphir, sachel, sculle, scrape, scrowe, scisme, sclate, schyfe, schyve, schole, schere, schave, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

Either a back-formation from deren (“to harm”) or a modification of Old English daru with assimilation of the vowel to that verb. See: Old English Nouns 'daru'.

Verbs referencing "dere"

English Nouns dear, English Nouns dere.

Translations