doeire

Old French

Noun

doeire oblique singular, m (oblique plural doeires, nominative singular doeires, nominative plural doeire)

1. dowry
   • c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     La meitié de tote ma terre
     Li voudrai doner an doeire

     Half of my land
     I want to give her as a dowry

Descendants

• French: douaire
• → Middle English: dower, dowere, douweer, dowaire, dowaire, dowayr, douere
  • English: dower
  • Scots: dower