Lexicographical Neighbors of Darre
Literary usage of Darre
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Comparison of Adjectives in English in the XV and the XVI Century by Louise Pound (1901)
"The isolated comparative darre (= dearer) occurs in G. of. W. 3967. It is probably
not a contraction of dearer, on the analogy of ME. narre, farre, ..."
2. Life-records of Chaucer by Richard Edward Gent Kirk, Edward Augustus Bond, Frederick James Furnivall, Walter Rye, Walford Dakin Selby, Francis Tate (1875)
"... And be [he] holle or sicke, he shal have for livery, j. darre of bred, half
a picher of wine, half a galon of ale, a messe de grosse from the kitchin, ..."
3. Four Poems from "Zion's Flowers;": Or, "Christian Poems for Spiritual by Zacharie Boyd (1855)
"Great's the reward, yet no man darre appeare ; Wee love the prize, but none will
winn't so deare. O beastly men of Isra'l give yee eare ; How long shall yee ..."
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