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)

1. Alternative spelling of dern (“hide, skulk”)
   • 1854, Hugh Miller, My schools and schoolmasters:

     He at length escaped them by derning himself in a fox-earth.

References

• “derne”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Ender, Rende, dreen, ender, erned

Middle English

Alternative forms

• darne, durne

Etymology

From Old English dyrne, dierne.

Adjective

derne

1. Hidden; secret.
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Myllers Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     For derne love of thee, lemman, I spill.

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Descendants

• English: dern, dearn, darn
• Scots: dern, darn

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• derre (determiner)

Etymology

From Old Norse þarna.

Adverb

derne

1. there

   Synonym: der

Determiner

derne

1. that

   Synonym: den

See also

• herne

References

• “derne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• neder-, nedre