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Dyre is a masculine given name.
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DYRE— “dear”
The Teutons had a few names denoting affection. Dyre is the same in Norse as our own word _dear_, or _dyr_ in Anglo-Saxon. An inlet on the north-west corner of Iceland is still termed Dyrefiord, from one of the first settlers, and Dyre was the hero of a ballad in the _Kæmpeviser_, answering to the Scottish Katharine Janfarie, the original of young Lochinvar. The old Germans had Dioro and Diura, and the Anglo-Saxons affectionately called the young sons of their nobility…
The Teutons had a few names denoting affection. Dyre is the same in Norse as our own word _dear_, or _dyr_ in Anglo-Saxon. An inlet on the north-west corner of Iceland is still termed Dyrefiord, from one of the first settlers, and Dyre was the hero of a ballad in the _Kæmpeviser_, answering to the Scottish Katharine Janfarie, the original of young Lochinvar. The old Germans had Dioro and Diura, and the Anglo-Saxons affectionately called the young sons of their nobility Dyrling, or darling.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter VI (Descriptive Names), Section VII (Affection) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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