"dore" meaning in Middle English

See dore in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈdoːr(ə)/, /ˈdur(ə)/ (note: from Old English duru), /ˈdɔ̝ːr(ə)/, /ˈdɔr(ə)/ (note: from Old English dor, with the final vowel of duru)
Etymology: PIE root *dʰwer- From Old English duru (“door”), dor (“gate”), from Proto-West Germanic *dor, *dur, from Proto-Germanic *durą, *durz. Etymology templates: {{PIE root box|enm|dʰwer-}} PIE root *dʰwer-, {{etymid|enm|door}}, {{inh|enm|ang|duru|t=door}} Old English duru (“door”), {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*dor}} Proto-West Germanic *dor, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*durą}} Proto-Germanic *durą Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} dore, {{enm-noun|pl2=doren}} dore (plural dores or doren) Forms: dores [plural], doren [plural], dor [alternative], dorre [alternative], doyr [alternative], doyre [alternative], dur [alternative], durre [alternative], dure [alternative, Early-Middle-English, Northern], dyrre [alternative]
  1. A door or gate (structure barring an entrance)
    Sense id: en-dore-enm-noun-tqmIFkcl Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 13 29 29 29
  2. An opening or entrance; a inwards passage:
    A doorway (the passage of a door)
    Sense id: en-dore-enm-noun-RbgfUMUP Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 13 29 29 29
  3. An opening or entrance; a inwards passage:
    (figurative) A way of entering (an abstraction)
    Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-dore-enm-noun-p2XO8uOu Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 13 29 29 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Architecture Disambiguation of Architecture: 0 0 0 0

Noun

IPA: /ˈdɔ̝ːr(ə)/, /ˈdɔr(ə)/ Forms: dor [alternative], dorre [alternative]
Etymology: Inherited from Old English dora (“humming insect”), from Proto-West Germanic *dorō, from Proto-Germanic *durô (“bumblebee, humming insect”); the Middle English forms seem to indicate a collateral Old English *dorra. Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|insect}}, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|enm|ang|dora||humming insect|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old English dora (“humming insect”), {{inh+|enm|ang|dora|t=humming insect}} Inherited from Old English dora (“humming insect”), {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*dorō}} Proto-West Germanic *dorō, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*durô|t=bumblebee, humming insect}} Proto-Germanic *durô (“bumblebee, humming insect”), {{m+|ang||*dorra}} Old English *dorra Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} dore
  1. A dor (flying insect that makes a loud humming noise)
    Sense id: en-dore-enm-noun-EWNeyNKX Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Insects Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 13 29 29 29 Disambiguation of Insects: 10 13 13 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): Architecture Disambiguation of Architecture: 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "form": "dure",
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        "Northern"
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈdoːr(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdur(ə)/",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɔ̝ːr(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɔr(ə)/",
      "note": "from Old English dor, with the final vowel of duru"
    }
  ],
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}

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        "A dor (flying insect that makes a loud humming noise)"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɔ̝ːr(ə)/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈdɔr(ə)/"
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  ],
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}

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