dearen

Middle English

Verb

dearen

  1. to hurt
    • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “(please specify the story)”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:
      And of Achilles with his queynte spere, / For he koude with it bothe heele and dere […].
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    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XIII:
      Thenne herd he a voyse say / Galahad I see there enuyronne aboute the so many angels that my power may not dere the /
      "Then heard he a voice say Galahad, I see there environ about thee so many angels that my power may not dere thee"
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      Than herde he a voyce sey, ‘Sir Galahad, I se there envyrowne aboute the so many angels that my power may nat deare the!’-->
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