† dweren.
Obsolete.
Doubt, dread.
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the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [noun] > apprehension
doubta1225
feara1300
werea1300
suspiciona1340
doubtancea1400
suspectc1400
dwerec1440
suspensec1440
doubting1486
frayed1536
doubtfulness1576
pain1582
preapprehension1628
apprehension1656
alarm1733
c1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine iv. 1165 Thou seyde to hem thei shulde not be in dwere What thei shulde speke.
c1440 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (1494) ii. xi Therfore fallen some in dowte and dwere..wheder they synned in tyme of temptacyon or noo.
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail lvi. l. 18 Thus bothe the ladyes Enterid were In that same Abbey with-Owten dwere.
c1450 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) Prol. 17 Alle woundere sore and have gret dwere.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxix. 398 That maide vs all to be in dwere.
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