Definitions
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- verb Scot. To hide; to skulk.
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- verb Scotland To
hide ; toskulk .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Nis him noht for {} holen ni hud. swa muchele boð his mihte. nis hit ne swa derne [idon] ne [a] swa þostre nihte. he wat wet þenkeð ⁊ hwet doð alle q {ui} ke wihte.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Migte neure diuel witen. ðog he be derne hunte. hu he dun come.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Whanne thou dydst boaste soe moche of actyon derne.
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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Save where derne hawthornes reare theyr humble heade,
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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Ne bie hit no swo derne idon ne on swo þuster nihte.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Whan thou didst boaste soe moche of actyon _derne_.
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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Histoire M.derne, by M. M.chelet, celebrated, (Collége de France) crowded audience and much applause; 3rd.
The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada Egerton Ryerson 1842
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⁊ his domes þe derne beoð. ⁊ deopre þen eni sea dingle. ha seoð igodd alle þing. ⁊ witen of al þ̵ is ⁊ wes ⁊ eau {er} schal iwurden. hwet hit beo.hwi. ⁊ hwerto ⁊ hwer {} of hit bigunne.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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⁊ he þeo c [not] ten unwreih · þe questiuns hoteþ · þa derne diȝelnesse · þe de [or] wurþe is · 5 ælfric abbod þe we alquin hoteþ · he was bocare · ⁊ þe [fif] bec wende ·
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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M.derne_ -- _A la suite du Premier_ "de M. Florimond de Raemond,
Secret Societies And Subversive Movements Nesta H. Webster 1918
hernesheir commented on the word derne
A nice Anglo-Saxon word.
September 13, 2014