dern.
A secret; secrecy.
Meaning & usage
A secret; secrecy.
A secret place; hiding.
An obscure language.
Darkness; obscurity.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English dern, derne, from Old English dyrne, dierne (“secret”), from Proto-West Germanic *darnī (“hidden, secret”).
Hidden; secret; private.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English dern, derne, from Old English dyrne, dierne (“hidden, secret, retired, obscure, remote, eluding detection, concealed, deceitful, evil, magical”), from Proto-West Germanic *darnī (“hidden, secret”). Doublet of terne.
To hide; secrete, as in a hole.
To hide oneself; skulk.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English dernen, dærnen, 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”). Cognate with Old Saxon dernian (“to conceal”), German tarnen (“to camouflage, disguise”). See also darn, tarnish.
A gatepost or doorpost.
Where this word comes from
Uncertain. Maybe related to door.
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