What is "derth"

Usage examples of "derth".

No doubt he will think I am mad, until he sees Derth of Niccon ride into our courtyard.

All this the Lord Horst of Hilt, and in his turn, Lord Derth of Niccon, a fiery-haired young man who had sworn life and family to Drede’s service, saw and looked within themselves to find good.

Why Derth of Niccon, whose older brother you killed at Terbrec, would come and sit beside you, drink your wine and plan a war with you?

So did Horst of Hilt, Derth of Niccon, his brother and their warlords.

He thereto meeting said, My dearest Dame,Farre be it from your thought, and fro my will,To thinke that knighthood I so much should shame,As you to leaue, that haue me loued still,And chose in Faery court of meere goodwill,Where noblest knights were to be found on earth:The earth shall sooner leaue her kindly skillTo bring forth fruit, and make eternall derth,Then I leaue you, my liefe, yborne of heauenly berth.