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Dere

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Dere, gen. Dera; pl. m.
The Deirians, inhabitants of Deira between the rivers Tyne and Humber; Deīri
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  • Andswarede him mon and cwæþ ðæt hí Dere nemde wǽron

    responsum est quod Deīri vocārentur,

    • Bd. 2,
      • 1;
    • S. 501, 21, 22: Homl. Th. ii. 120, 34,
      • 35.

  • Mid ðysses cyninges geornesse ða twá mǽgþa Norþan Hymbra Dere and Beornice on áne sibbe geteáh

    hujus industria regis Deirōrum et Berniciōrum provinciæ in unam sunt pācem,

    • Bd. 3
      • ;
    • 6
      • ;
    • S. 528,
      • 30.

  • He wæs vii winter Dera cyning

    he was king of the Deirians seven years,

    • 3,
      • 14;
    • S. 539,
      • 32.

  • Man gehálgode ii biscopas on his stal, Bosan to Derum, and Eatan to Beornicum

    two bishops were consecrated in his stead, Bosa to Deira [lit. to the Deirians], and Eata to Bernicia,

    • Chr. 678
      • ;
    • Erl. 41,
      • 7.
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v. Dera mǽgþ.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “Dere.” 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/7648.

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