dwere

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Middle English

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch dwers, dwars or Middle Low German dwēr, akin to Middle High German twer, twerhe, Old English þweorh.

Noun

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dwere

  1. doubt, dread, perplexity, uncertainty
    • 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum viij”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book X, [London: [] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur [], London: David Nutt, [], 1889, →OCLC:
      Than Kynge Marke rode tyll he com to a fountayne; and there he rested hym by that fountayne, and stoode in a dwere whether he myght ryde to Kynge Arthurs courte other none [].
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