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dýre

  • adjective
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Grammar
dýre, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§138; §209; §210; §434;
dear, beloved; cārus, dilectus
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  • Se wæs him dýre

    he was dear to him,

    • Lk. Bos. 7, 2: Gen. 44, 5: L. Eth. vii. 22
      • ;
    • Th. i. 334, 12: Chr. 942
      • ;
    • Erl. 116,
      • 9;
    • Edm. 3: Cd. 63
      • ;
    • Th. 75,
      • 28;
    • Gen. 1247: Exon. 42 b
      • ;
    • Th. 143,
      • 22;
    • Gú. 665: Runic pm. 26
      • ;
    • Kmbl. 344,
      • 24;
    • Hick. Thes. i. 135, 51: Ps. Th. 87, 1: Exon. 32 a
      • ;
    • Th. 100, 33
      • ;
    • Cri. 1651: Ps. Th. 88, 3: Exon. 9 a
      • ;
    • Th. 7,
      • 5;
    • Cri. 96: Cd. 25
      • ;
    • Th. 32,
      • 22;
    • Gen. 507: Exon. 54 b
      • ;
    • Th. 192,
      • 18;
    • Az. 108: Ps. Th. 131, 5: Exon. 120 b
      • ;
    • Th. 463,
      • 14;
    • Hö. 70: Menol. Fox 381
      • ;
    • Men. 192: Elen. Kmbl. 583
      • ;
    • El. 292
      • .
dear of price, precious, costly; prĕtiōsus, magni æstimandus
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  • On ðisum gére wæs corn swá dýre swá nán man ǽr ne gemunde, swá ðæt se sester hwǽtes eóde to lx penega, and eác furðor

    in this year [A. D. 1044] corn was so dear as no man before remembered it, so that the sester of wheat went for sixty pence, and even more,

    • Chr. 1044
      • ;
    • Erl. 168, 21: Exon. 94 b
      • ;
    • Th. 354,
      • 13;
    • Reim. 45: Exon. 113 a
      • ;
    • Th. 433,
      • 12;
    • Rä. 50, 6: Beo. Th. 4106
      • ;
    • B. 2050: 4601
      • ;
    • B. 2306: Beo. Th. 6089
      • ;
    • B. 3048: 6253
      • ;
    • B. 3131: Wanl. catal. 32,
      • 16.
Similar entries
v. deóre.
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v.  DEÓRE.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “dýre.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/8220.

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