deor

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /dʲoːɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /dʲɔːɾˠ/

deor f pl

1. genitive plural of deoir

deor m (genitive singular deoir, nominative plural deora)

1. Alternative form of deoir

• dear — Northumbrian
• dior — Kentish

From Proto-West Germanic *deuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm.

Germanic cognates include Old Frisian diār, Old Saxon dior, Old Dutch dier, Old High German tior, Old Norse dýr, Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍃 (dius). Further cognates include Lithuanian dvēsti and Russian душа́ (dušá).

• IPA^(key): /de͜oːr/

dēor n

1. wild animal, beast
2. deer
3. reindeer

• dēorcynn
• dēoren
• wilddēor

• Middle English: deor, deure, dure, dier, dere
  • Scots: dere, deir
  • English: deer

• dehoryd, dehori, dïor, dyor

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• IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.ɔr/

deor (first-person singular present dehoraf)

1. to hinder, impede, prevent
   1. to withhold, exclude from
   2. to refrain from
2. to hatch, to brood, to incubate
   1. to breed

      Synonyms: bridio, epilio

   2. (figurative) to produce, to hatch (a plot)

      Synonyms: cynhyrchu, dyfeisio

   3. (figurative) to brood, to meditate morbidly

      Synonym: synfyfyrio

   4. to hatch (emerge from an egg)
      1. (figurative) to come into being, to come to fruition, to appear

         Synonyms: dod i fod, ymddangos, aeddfedu

3. to shell or peel (peas)

   Synonyms: digibo, blisgo, disbeinio, masglu

4. to inlay, to veneer

   Synonyms: arddalennu, arwynebu

• deor ar (“to brood upon, to hatch, to bring forth”)
• iâr ddeor (“broody hen”)