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dirnan

  • verb [ weak ]
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dirnan, p. de
To conceal, hide
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  • Dyrnþ

    occultat, abscondit,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 48.
with acc. of thing
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  • Gif hé hit dierneð (dirneð, dyrned,

    v. ll.

    ), and weorðeð ymb long yppe,
      Ll. Th. i. 116, 6.
  • Wá mé ꝥ þú swá lange þé sylfe dyrndest,

      Hml. S. 33, 308.
  • Gif hé hit dierne (dyrne,

    v. l.

    ),
      Ll. Th. i. 124, 8.
  • Þéh hié hit ǽr swíþe him betweónum diernden,

      Ors. 5, 10; S. 234, 1.
  • Noldan hí heora synna dyrnan,

      Ps. Th. 77, 4.
  • Dyrnan Meotudes mihte,

      An. 693: El. 971: Hy. 7, 93.
with dat. of person from whom a thing (acc. ) is concealed
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  • Seó ród þe gé mannum dyrndun,

      El. 626.
  • On yrre wille hé his milde mód mannum dyrnan

    numquid continebit in ira sua misericordiam suam?,

      Ps. Th. 76, 8.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. dern. O. Sax. dernian: O. H. Ger. tarnen occultare, dissimulare.]
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