Depriue, -pryue, v. to deprive, VI 89, XVI 175. [OFr. depriver.]
Dere, adj. dear; prized, I 258; beloved, I 125, VI 8, VIII a 91, XIV c 1, XV f 1, XVII 172, 190, 419, 527; my dere, my friend, VIII a 251; pleasing, VI 40; good, &c. (vaguely applied in allit. poems), VI 132, 144, VII 61; Derrist, superl. best, VII 39. [OE. dēore; dē̆orra, compar. (whence also stem of ME. superl.).]
Dere, n. harm, I 166, XVII 317; maken þe worlde dere, do injury to mankind (? or 'make the world dear to live in'; but cf. 166), VIII a 154. [OE. daru, influenced by derian.]
Dere, v. to afflict, XIV b 10. [OE. derian.] See prec.
Dere, adv. dearly, at great cost, IV a 80, VIII a 75, XVII 373; as me dere liketh, to my liking, VIII a 286. [OE. dēore.]
Derffe, adj. doughty, VII 84. [ON. djarf-r, older, *dearf-.] See Deruely.
Derke, n. darkness, VII 167. [OE. de(o)rc, adj.] See Þerk.
Derlyng, n. darling, IV a 54. [OE. dēor-ling.]
Derne, adj. secret, XV b 29 (note). [OE. derne.]
Derrist. See Dere, adj.