An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

DERE, s. Any beast of game.
Wyntown.

A. S. deor, Su. G. diur, Isl. dyr, id.

DERE, s. A precious person.
Houlate.

To DEREYNE, DERENE, DERENYHE, v. a. To determine a controversy by battle.
Barbour.

O. Fr. derainier, prouver son droit en justice; Roquefort.

Dereyne, Derenye, s. Contest, decision.
Barbour.

To DERENE, v. a. To disorder.
Dunbar.

DERETH, s. Some kind of office anciently held in S.
Chart. Dunf.

To DERNE, v. a. Perhaps for darren.
Hudson.

DERF, adj.
1. Bold and hardy.
Douglas.
2. Capable of great exertion.
Douglas.
3. Possessing a sullen taciturnity, S. B.
4. Severe, cruel.
Wallace.