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adj
dry, withered
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, archaic
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adj
tender, rotten
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Kent, archaic, dialectal
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adj
melancholy, bad, severe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, archaic, dialectal
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adv
much, very much, greatly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, UK, archaic, dialectal
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name
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Variant of sear (“dry”).
From Middle English sare, northern variant of sore, from Old English sār (“sore”). More at sore.
From Middle English sare, northern variant of sore, from Old English sāre (“sorely”). Cognate with German sehr (“very”).
Variant of Sayer.
