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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1500, 1570
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(Dere,) Deir(e, n.3 [ME. dere (c 1400), f. Dere,a.]
1. My deir, my dear one. a1400 Legends of the Saints v. 545.
Myn dere, tym is that thu [etc.] c1450-2 Howlat 482.
My deir, quoth the Dowglas, art thou deid dicht a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 2440.
My deire, The knychtis luf is cummyn hiddire 1570 Satirical Poems xi. 5.
Allace to graif is gone my deir 1570 Ib. 25; etc.
The cruell murther of my deir
2. The (or that) deir, the noble one. c1450-2 Howlat 136.
The trewe turtour has … Done dwelie his det. as the deir demyt c1450-2 Ib. 170.
To that deir drewe Swannis suowchand full swyth a1500 Golagros and Gawane 600.
The deir dight him to the deid, be the day dew a1500 Ib. 785.
Ane wy … That sal duchtely his deid do with yon deir
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