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Old English · adjective

diere

Normalised dīere

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈdi͜yː.re/
Syllables
ˈdi͜yː · re (2 syllables)
Modern English
excellenthonouredexpensivelyexpensivecostlydearly

diere1 · adjective

Senses

  1. excellent, noble, honoured

    Ac iċ mīþan sċeal monna ġehwylċum dēgolfulne dōm dȳran cræftes, sīðfæt mīnne. Saga hwæt iċ hātte.

    But I should hide from any of men a secret might of worthy craft, a road of mine. Say what I am.

    c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 83:

  2. costly, expensive, of great worth

    Sweord bēoþ swīðe dīeru wǣpnu and torbeġīetu.

    Swords are very expensive weapons, and hard to get.

  3. dear, precious

Declension

Strong declension of diere
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative dīeredīerudīerodīere
Accusative dīernedīeredīere
Genitive dīeresdīerredīeres
Dative dīerumdīerredīerum
Instrumental dīeredīerredīere
Plural
Nominative dīeredīeradīeredīerudīero
Accusative dīeredīeradīeredīerudīero
Genitive dīerradīerradīerra
Dative dīerumdīerumdīerum
Instrumental dīerumdīerumdīerum
Weak declension of diere
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative dīeradīeredīere
Accusative dīerandīerandīere
Genitive dīerandīerandīeran
Dative dīerandīerandīeran
Instrumental dīerandīerandīeran
Plural
Nominative dīerandīerandīeran
Accusative dīerandīerandīeran
Genitive dīerradīerenadīerradīerenadīerradīerena
Dative dīerumdīerumdīerum
Instrumental dīerumdīerumdīerum

diere2 · adverb

Senses

  1. expensively, for a lot of money

  2. dearly

All forms (11)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *diurī, from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz. Cognate with Old Frisian diūre, Old Saxon diuri, Old Dutch diuri, Old High German tiuri, Old Norse dýrr.

Descendants

dear

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