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Old English Dictionary Entry

Dirnan

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1 dirnan

p. de To conceal, hide:--Dyrnþ occultat, abscondit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 48. (1) with acc. of thing:--Gif hé hit dierneð (dirneð, dyrned, ), 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, ), 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. (2) with dat. of person from whom a thing (acc.) is concealed:--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. [N. E. D. dern. O. Sax. dernian: O. H. Ger. tarnen occultare, dissimulare.] in Dict. dirnan
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛞᛁᚱᚾᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

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Ger.
German
O. H. Ger.
Old High German
O. Sax.
Old Saxon

Works & Authors

An.
Andreas (OE poem)
El.
Elene (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Hml.
Homilies (Ælfric or other)
Ll.
Laws of the Anglo-Saxons
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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