dernen

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Middle English

Alternative forms

dærnen

Etymology

From Old English dyrnan, diernan (“to keep secret, conceal, hide, restrain, repress, hide oneself”), from Proto-West Germanic *darnijan (“to conceal”), from *darnī (“hidden, secret”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdɛrnən/, /ˈdeːrnən/

Verb

dernen

to conceal

Conjugation

Conjugation of dernen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) dernen, derne
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	derne	derned
2nd-person singular	dernest	dernedest
3rd-person singular	derneth	derned
subjunctive singular	derne	derned
imperative singular	derne	—

plural¹	dernen, derne	derneden, dernede
imperative plural	derneth, derne	—

participles	dernynge, dernende	derned, yderned

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

English: dern
Scots: dern, darn
Yola: dearnt (preterite)

References

“dē̆rnen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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