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seár

  • adjective
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Grammar
seár, and siére; adj.
Sear, dry, withered, barren
    Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 70, 32.
Hit stent on ðam siéran bóchagan; andlang ðes siéran bóchagan, Seáre sleriles, Germ. 402, 69.
Etymology
[His body wex alle seere, R. Brun. 18, 25. With scere braunches, blossoms ungrene, Chauc. R. R. 4752. Seere or dry, as treys or herbys aridus, Prompt. Parv. 453. O. Du. sore dry; zoor dry, withered, or seare (Hexham): L. Ger. soor dry.]
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v. seárian.
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v.  siére weornian.
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  • seár, adj.