derne
English
Etymology
From Old English dyrnan (“to hide”). See dern, dearn (adjective).
Verb
derne (third-person singular simple present dernes, present participle derning, simple past and past participle derned)
- (Scotland) To hide; to skulk.
- 1854, Hugh Miller, My schools and schoolmasters
- He at length escaped them by derning himself in a fox-earth.
- 1854, Hugh Miller, My schools and schoolmasters
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for derne in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English dyrne, dierne.
Adjective
derne
- Hidden; secret.
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Myllers Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], OCLC 230972125; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, OCLC 932884868:
- For derne love of thee, lemman, I spill.
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- (determiner): derre
See also
References
- “derne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- neder-, nedre
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