dernen

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

1. 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
imperative singular		—
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.