dwere

English

Etymology

Origin unknown.

Noun

dwere (plural not attested)

  1. (obsolete) Doubt, dread.
    • 1485 July 31, Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], (please specify the book number), [London]: […] [by William Caxton], OCLC 71490786; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: Published by David Nutt, […], 1889, OCLC 890162034:
      , Book X, Chapter viij:
      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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