Dirnan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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, 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. (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. [v. N. E. D. dern. O. Sax. dernian: O. H. Ger. tarnen occultare, dissimulare.] v. dyrnan in Dict. dirnan

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