Sare
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Sare is an adjective meaning (British, archaic) dry, withered.
Meaning
(British, archaic) dry, withered.
More Meanings
- (UK, dialectal, Northern England, archaic) much, very much, greatly.
- (dialectal, Kent, archaic) tender, rotten
- (dialectal, Northern England, archaic) melancholy, bad, severe.
Example Sentences
Burn ash-wood sare, 'twool make a man sware.
Burn ash-wood green, 'tis a fire for a queen;
Word Forms
- sarer
- sarest
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fordry, sower, serose, seck, sage, seld.
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