dernn.2
U.S.
= darn n.2
ΚΠ
1853 Southern Literary Messenger 19 222/1 Cave said he did not care a dern for the oysters.
1874 E. Eggleston Circuit Rider xvi. 148 I tole him as how I didn't keer three continental derns fer his whole band.
1876 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Tom Sawyer vi. 56 I wouldn't give a dern for spunk-water.
1893 J. H. McCarthy Red Diamonds I. 69 Ef it had been Noah I shouldn't have cared a dern.
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† dernadj.n.1
Obsolete or archaic.
A. adj.† 1. arch.a1643 W. Cartwright Ordinary (1651) v. iv. 84 Hent him, for dern love Hent him.] † b. Of persons: Secret in purpose or action; reserved, close; hence, underhand, sly, crafty. Obsolete.† 2. † b. Of a person: Treated as a confidant; entrusted with hidden matters; privy. Obsolete.† c. to hold, keep (a thing) dern. Obsolete.† 6. Deep, profound, intense. literal and figurative. Obsolete.
a. Of actions, etc.: Done or proceeding in secret or in the dark; kept concealed; hence, dark, of evil or deceitful nature. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [adjective]
dernc897
dighela1000
hid?c1225
stillc1275
stillyc1275
covertc1303
secrec1374
secret1399
secretivec1470
covered1484
dark1532
underhid1532
hiddena1547
concealed1558
abstruse1576
unshewing1598
mystical1600
of secreta1616
mystica1625
subterraneous1652
researched1653
hugger-mugger1692
hidlingsa1810
sub rosa1824
cachet1837
cloak and dagger1841
theftuous1881
q.t.1910
closet1966
down-low1991
c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xiii. 78 Ðylæs ða smyltnesse ðes domes hine gewemme [oððe] se dyrna [v.r. dierna] æfst, oððe to hræd irre.
OE Beowulf 2168 Swa sceal mæg don, nealles inwitnet oðrum bregdon dyrnum cræfte.
c1220 Bestiary 90 Old in hise sinnes derne.
c1300 Beket 23 The Princes douȝter..lovede him in durne love.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1950 [I]vdas ðor-quiles gaf hem red, Ðat was fulfilt of derne sped.
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 14 This clerk..Of derne loue he koude and of solas.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxx. 409 Now bese vnlokyn Many dern dede.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 478 Dissyring full depely in her derne hert.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [adjective] > disposed to secrecy, secretive
dernOE
covert1340
secrec1385
secretc1440
mum1532
closec1540
whist1577
as silent as the grave1613
privatea1625
dark1650
uncommunicating1650
dry1681
uncommunicative1691
unexpansive1847
secretive1853
tight-lipped1876
cagey1909
zip-lipped1943
closet1948
coy1961
tight1977
OE Genesis 490 Dyrne deofles boda þe wið drihten wann.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 6789 Uortigerne þe swike wes ful derne [c1300 Otho deorne].
c1386 G. Chaucer Miller's Tale 111 Ye moste been ful deerne as in this cas.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7234 Traitur dern and priue theif.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 13625 Deruyst & derne, myn awne dere cosyn, I graunt þe þe gouernanse of þis grete yle.
a. Not made known, kept unrevealed or private; not divulged. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [adjective] > hidden
dighela1000
dernc1000
wriena1250
privyc1300
unshewedc1386
wrapped1398
quatc1425
tectc1440
blinda1522
coucheda1522
dark1532
lurkingc1540
velated1542
hiddena1547
inclusive1554
concealed1558
secret1559
occult1567
disguised1594
occulted1598
derned1600
shrouded1600
latent1605
abstrused1608
supposed1608
unshown1614
enshielda1616
retruse1623
dissembled1631
researched1636
recondite1649
delitescent1653
larved1654
tected1657
bedilt1660
bosomed1667
inhidden1674
underground1677
abditive1727
secreted1756
unextruded1808
unprotruded1812
undisplayed1822
larvated1832
dissimulated1838
latescent1852
squat1956
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) viii. 47 Ða þæt wif geseah þæt hit him næs dyrne, heo com forht.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 9236 Forr crist wass i þatt time ȝet. All unncuþ. & all dærne.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 121 God hise dearne runes & heouenliche priuetez schaude hise leoueste freont.
c1330 Assump. Virg. (B.M. MS.) 856 No man mai wite ne se What is þi derne priuete.
c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 353 Poule..herd derne wordes of God.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [adjective] > entrusted with secrets
privya1393
derna1400
secret1470
secre?1553
private1601
conscious1609
confident of1659
fellow-knowing1662
confidant1816
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > privacy > [adjective] > entrusted with secrets
derna1400
confident1608
confidential1805
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6509 Þis moyses was ful dern and dere To drightin..He taght him tabels of þe lai.
ΚΠ
c1000 Ags. Ps. cxviii. [cxix.] 19 Ne do þu me dyrne þine þa deoran bebodu.
?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 53 We dule for na euill deid, sa it be derne haldin.
a1575 How Merchande dyd Wyfe Betray 175 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) l. 204 I pray the..As thou art my trewe weddyd fere, In thy chaumber thou woldest kepe me dern.
3. Of places, etc.: Secret, not generally known, private. archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > a secret place, hiding place > [adjective]
dernOE
blindc1386
secret?a1513
to lie perdu1791
OE Cynewulf Elene 1080 Wolde ic þæt ðu funde þa ðe in foldan gen deope bedolfen dierne sindon, heolstre behyded.
OE Beowulf 2320 Se guðsceaða..hord eft gesceat, dryhtsele dyrnne.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3364 Þe king hine lette don in-to ane derne [c1300 Otho deorne] bure.
c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 1289 On a dern stede he dede hem hide.
a1400–50 Alexander 4045 Darke in dennes vndire dounes & in derne holis.
1584 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1814) 305 (Jam.) Gun pulder..placeit..within the voltis, laiche and darne partes and placeis thairof.
1806 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. IV. 360 At the south-east corner is the darn, or private gate.
1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xii. 168 That Davie Gellatly should meet them at the dern path . View more context for this quotation
1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xviii. 275 There's not a dern nook, or cove, or corri, in the whole country, that he's not acquainted with. View more context for this quotation
4. Of places: Serving well to conceal, as lying out of the way, dark, etc.; hence, dark, sombre, solitary, wild, drear. archaic.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > secluded place or place of seclusion > [adjective] > unfrequented
solitaryc1374
solein1390
insolentc1420
dern1488
uncoutha1542
unvisited1548
unhaunted1568
wasteful1573
unfrequented1594
untraded1596
sole1598
frequentlessa1607
unfrequenting1609
unrepaired to1615
unfrequent1618
lonely1645
lonesome1647
infrequented1675
lone1712
lonelyish1900
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 430 Fast on to Tay, his buschement can he draw. In a dern woode thai stellit thaim full law.
?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 47 Thai drank and did away dule vnder derne bewis.
1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles x. 15 By many a dearne and painefull pearch Of Perycles the carefull search..Is made. View more context for this quotation
1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 xii. 240 He searching Adventures blind Among these dearn Woods and Rocks.
1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. iii. iii. xli Sing we to these wast hills, dern, deaf, forlorn.
1673 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 14 Deafely: Lonely, solitary, far from neighbours. Dearn, signifies the same.
1813 J. Hogg Queen's Wake ii. ix. 104 'Mid wastes that dern and dreary lie.
5. Dark, drear, dire. archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > gloomy or depressing
darkOE
unmerryOE
deathlyc1225
dolefulc1275
elengec1275
dreicha1300
coolc1350
cloudyc1374
sada1375
colda1400
deadlya1400
joylessc1400
unjoyful?c1400
disconsolatea1413
mournfula1425
funeralc1425
uncheerfulc1449
dolent1489
dolesome1533
heavy-hearted1555
glum1558
ungladsome1558
black1562
pleasureless1567
dern1570
plaintive?1570
glummish1573
cheerless1575
comfortless1576
wintry1579
glummy1580
funebral1581
discouraging1584
dernful?1591
murk1596
recomfortless1596
sullen1597
amating1600
lugubrious1601
dusky1602
sable1603
funebrial1604
damping1607
mortifying1611
tearful?1611
uncouth1611
dulsome1613
luctual1613
dismal1617
winterous1617
unked1620
mopish1621
godforsaken?1623
uncheerly1627
funebrious1630
lugubrous1632
drearisome1633
unheartsome1637
feral1641
drear1645
darksome1649
sadding1649
saddening1650
disheartening1654
funebrous1654
luctiferous1656
mestifical1656
tristifical1656
sooty1657
dreary1667
tenebrose1677
clouded1682
tragicala1700
funereal1707
gloomy1710
sepulchrala1711
dumpishc1717
bleaka1719
depressive1727
lugubre1727
muzzy1728
dispiriting1733
uncheery1760
unconsolatory1760
unjolly1764
Decemberly1765
sombre1768
uncouthie1768
depressing1772
unmirthful1782
sombrous1789
disanimating1791
Decemberish1793
grey1794
uncheering1796
ungenial1796
uncomforting1798
disencouraginga1806
stern1812
chilling1815
uncheered1817
dejecting1818
mopey1821
desponding1828
wisht1829
leadening1835
unsportful1837
demoralizing1840
Novemberish1840
frigid1844
morne1844
tragic1848
wet-blanketty1848
morgue1850
ungladdeneda1851
adusk1856
smileless1858
soul-sick1858
Novemberya1864
saturnine1863
down1873
lacklustre1883
Heaven-abandoneda1907
downbeat1952
doomy1967
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Riii/1 Dearne, dirus.
1613 W. Leigh Drumme of Devotion 35 The light of Israel was put out for a time, Queene Elizabeth died, a dearne day to England, had it not beene presently repayred with as cleare a light from Scotland.
1613 W. Leigh Drumme of Devotion 39 Prognostications of our dearne light.
1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 46 These derne, dreery, direfull dayes condunghill'd and uglified me into a darke dense lumpe.
1845 T. Cooper Purgatory of Suicides i. xxii. 8 It was a wilderness Of all things dern and doleful, dark and drear.
1856 S. T. Dobell Eng. in Time of War 64 The awful twilight, dern and dun.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > extension downwards or depth > [adjective]
deep854
thickc893
lowc1350
profound?a1425
howea1500
dernc1500
deepsome?1615
c1500 Spirit. Remedies in J. O. Halliwell Nugæ Poeticæ (1844) 64 My myddelle woundys they bene derne and depe, Ther ys no plaster that persyth aryght.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 3060 Hir chyn full choise was the chekys benethe, With a dympull full derne, daynté to se.
1594 Warres of Cyrus ii. 194 Who wounded with report of beauties pride, Vnable to restraine his derne desire.
B. n.1† 1. A hidden thing; a secret. Obsolete.† 2. Secrecy, concealment, privacy. Chiefly in dern, in secret. Obsolete.† 3. A secret place; a place of concealment.† 4. Darkness. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [noun] > something concealed, a secret
derna1000
counsel1377
secrec1386
dernheada1400
secretnessc1425
secrecyc1450
secret1450
concealment1598
reservation1612
cabal1631
recess1646
occult1648
reserve1680
state secret1822
reserving1844
inédit1910
a1000 Gnom. Vers. (Gr.) 2 Nelle ic þe min dyrne gesecgan.
a1300 E.E. Psalter l. 8 [li. 6] (Mätz.) Derne of þi wisdam þou opened unto me.
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xliii. 23 God.. knawis all þe dern in oure hert.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [noun]
dighelnessc1000
dernship?c1225
derna1250
concealmenta1325
hidnessc1330
hiddennessc1380
privy1384
secrenessc1386
secre1390
stillnessa1400
secretnessa1475
hodelnessec1475
scuggery?a1500
hugger-mugger1529
closeness1562
secrecy1563
privatenessa1586
covertness1592
hugger-mug1654
privacy1702
conspiracy of silence1865
hush-hush1973
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 608 Ich can nimen mus at berne, An ek at Chirche in þe derne.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 21250 Marc, men sais, it wratte in dern.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 2935 Sister, to þe in dern i sai, þou seis þe folk er all a-wai.
c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 824 I am comun here, loe, In derne for to play.
a1513 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen in Poems (1998) I. 41 I drew in derne to the dyk to dirkin efter mirthis.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > a secret place, hiding place > [noun]
hidelsc975
hidela1300
bushc1330
hulkc1330
derna1340
tapissinga1340
coverta1375
hiding1382
loting-placea1398
cover14..
hiding placec1440
mewa1450
closetc1450
hole1483
cure1502
secret1530
shrouding place1571
ivy-bush1576
coney burrowa1586
hidlings1597
foxhole1606
shrouding corner1610
recess1611
subterfuge1616
latibule1623
latebra1626
blind1646
privacy1648
hide1649
retreat1697
rathole1770
hidey-hole1817
tod hole1846
hulster1880
hideout1885
cwtch1890
castle1898
lurk1906
stash1927
hideaway1930
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xxx. 25 Þou sall hide þaim in dern of þi face.
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox & Wolf l. 755 in Poems (1981) 32 Vnto ane derne for dreid he him addrest.
c1500 Leaues true Love (W. de W.) To a derne I me droughe Her wyll to knowe.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [noun]
thesternessc888
thesterc897
murkOE
theosterleykc1000
darkc1300
darkheadc1300
murknessa1325
therknessa1325
darknessc1350
tenebres1413
tenebrousa1450
obscurity1481
tenebrosity1490
obscureness1509
dern?a1513
sable?a1513
darksomeness1571
fuliginousness1576
darkishness1583
murksomeness1625
obscure1667
soot1789
tenebrity1789
nightness1839
raylessness1843
lightlessness1845
darkling1882
unlight1883
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 83 Hale, sterne superne..Lucerne in derne.
1568 Bannatyne Poems (1770) 98 (Jam.) My dule in dern, bot gif thow dill, Doutless bot dreid I dé.
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† derndarnv.
Obsolete exc. dialect.† 1. transitive. To hide, conceal, keep secret. Obsolete.† 4. transitive. To cause to hide, to run to earth.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > hide, conceal [verb (transitive)]
heeleOE
forhelec888
i-hedec888
dernc893
hidec897
wryOE
behelec1000
behidec1000
bewryc1000
forhidec1000
overheleOE
hilla1250
fealc1325
cover1340
forcover1382
blinda1400
hulsterc1400
overclosec1400
concealc1425
shroud1426
blend1430
close1430
shadow1436
obumber?1440
mufflea1450
alaynec1450
mew?c1450
purloin1461
to keep close?1471
oversilec1478
bewrap1481
supprime1490
occulta1500
silec1500
smoor1513
shadec1530
skleir1532
oppressa1538
hudder-mudder1544
pretex1548
lap?c1550
absconce1570
to steek away1575
couch1577
recondite1578
huddle1581
mew1581
enshrine1582
enshroud1582
mask1582
veil1582
abscondc1586
smotherc1592
blot1593
sheathe1594
immask1595
secret1595
bemist1598
palliate1598
hoodwinka1600
overmaska1600
hugger1600
obscure1600
upwrap1600
undisclose1601
disguise1605
screen1611
underfold1612
huke1613
eclipsea1616
encavea1616
ensconcea1616
obscurify1622
cloud1623
inmewa1625
beclouda1631
pretext1634
covert1647
sconce1652
tapisa1660
shun1661
sneak1701
overlay1719
secrete1741
blank1764
submerge1796
slur1813
wrap1817
buttress1820
stifle1820
disidentify1845
to stick away1900
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keep from knowledge [verb (transitive)]
heeleOE
dernc893
mitheeOE
wryOE
buryc1175
hidec1200
dilla1300
laina1375
keepa1382
wrapa1382
cover1382
conceala1393
curea1400
shroud1412
veilc1460
smorec1480
cele1484
suppress1533
wrap1560
smoulder1571
squat1577
muffle1582
estrange1611
screen1621
lock1646
umbrage1675
reserve1719
restrict1802
hugger-mugger1803
mask1841
ward1881
thimblerig1899
marzipan1974
c893 tr. Orosius Hist. v. x Þeh hie hit ær swiþe him betweonum diernden [later MS. dyrndon].
c1000 Ælfric Genesis xlv. 1 Ða ne mihte Ioseph hine leng dyrnan.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 9256 Næs þe king noht swa wis..þat imong his duȝeþe his þoht cuðe dernen [c1300 Otho hude].
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3836 Alle hine grætten. & heore grame dærnden [c1300 Otho deorne].
c1315 Shoreham 79 And he ondede hym cristendom, No lenge he nolde hyt derny.
2. reflexive. To hide, conceal oneself. dialect.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > conceal oneself [verb (reflexive)]
hidec897
wryOE
shroudc1402
imbosk1562
shrine1570
thick1574
mew1581
burrow1596
dern1604
earth1609
veil1614
ensconcea1616
abscond1626
perdue1694
secrete1764
to stow away1795
1604 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. II. 428 The said George darnit him selff and his servandis in ane out-hous.
1837 R. Nicoll Poems (1843) 118 We dern oursel's down 'mang the fresh aiten strae.
1854 H. Miller Schools & Schoolmasters (1858) x. 211 He..escaped them by derning himself in a fox-earth.
3. intransitive. To seek concealment; to hide. dialect.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > hide, lie or hidden [verb (intransitive)]
mitheeOE
wryOE
darea1225
skulka1300
hidec1330
hulkc1330
dilla1400
droopc1420
shroudc1450
darkenc1475
conceal1591
lie1604
dern1608
burrow1614
obscurea1626
to lie (also stand, stay, etc.) perdu1701
lie close1719
1608 T. Hudson tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Ivdith iii. 42 in J. Sylvester Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) Their courage quailde and they began to dern.
a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 318 The enemies fled and darned.
1813 J. Hogg Queen's Wake i. viii. 82 Ane nychte he darnit in Maisry's cot.
1847 J. Halliday Rustic Bard 261 We've..dern'd amang its green.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > hunting > hunt [verb (transitive)] > run to earth
earth1575
dern1608
1608 T. Hudson tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Ivdith vi. 96 in J. Sylvester Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) Holopherne, Who did a hundred famous princes derne.
1637 R. Monro Exped. Scots Regim. ii. 112 (Jam.) The cunning hunter..giving one sweat after another, till he kill or derne, in putting the fox in the earth, and then hooke him out.
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n.21853
adj.n.1c897v.c893- marshfish
- marshgirt
- marshgoose
- marshhog
- marshier
- marshiest
- marshiness
- marshinesses
- marshing
- marshite
- marshland
- marshlander
- marshlanders
- marshlands
- marshlight
- marshlike
- marshlocks
- marshloving
- marshly
- marshmallow
- marshmallow roast
- marshmallow root
- marshmallow tea
- marshmallow-fingered
- marshmallowfingered