[Sca-cooks] Need the OED- OT

[Cindy M. Renfrow]

Just so you know, I'm cutting this quite a bit:

dearth
sb. forms: der[th]e, dier[th]e, derthe, derth, darth, deerth. [ME der[th]e
not recorded in OE (where the expected form would be dier[th]uŠ) but
corresponds Što ON dyr[th] with sense "glory"Š MG turde glory, honour,
value, costlinessŠ WGer. giuri, OE diere, DearŠ

1. Glory, splendour
2. Dearness, costliness, high price
3. A condition in which food is scarce and dear: a time of scarcity,Š a famine
4. scarcity of anything, material or immaterial; scanty supply

dearth (verb) to make dear in price; to cause or produce a scarcity of or
in anything; to beggar

HTH

Cindy

>Could someone who has access to the OED look up a word for me? The word is
>"dearth".
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>Thanks,
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>Phlip>