Dirne

Old English Dictionary Entry

Dirne

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: following compounds; in some cases the passages given under them may belong to the simple adjective. dirne

Definitions

1 dirne

adj. Add to examples given in Dict. under dyrne: I. secret, hidden:--Dyrne hordas (gerýna) abdita archana, An. Ox. 4215. Dyrnum pricelsum clandestinis stimulis, 4655. Of dymmum díglum vel of dyrnum de latebrosis recessibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 56. II. secret (so as to escape detection), (1) of adultery:--Hé bið diernes gelíres scyldig, Past. 143, 2. Spiritus fornicationis, ꝥ is dernes geligeres gást, Shrn. 52, 27. Démde hé ðám bisceope for his dyrnum geligrum, 130, 14. From dernum geligerum, Ll. Th. i. 56, 26. (2) of stolen goods, concealed:--Ǽnigne þára þe ymbe þás smeágunge bið and ꝥ dyrne orf ámeldað, Ll. Th. i. 276, 33.

Runic Inscription

ᛞᛁᚱᚾᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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