An alternative or variant spelling of dairy, sometimes used in regional or historical contexts.
A variant spelling of dairy, from Middle English daierie, derived from Old Norse dey (maid) combined with -ery. This older spelling reflects earlier pronunciation patterns.
Old spelling variants like 'dairi' show how pronunciation and spelling were much less standardized before dictionaries—people spelled phonetically based on how they heard it, which is why the same word has multiple historical spellings!
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