Dern

Etymology 1
From dern:, derne:, from  dyrne:, dierne:, from, from. See below.

Noun

 * 1)  A secret; secrecy.
 * 2)  A secret place; hiding.
 * 3)  An obscure language.
 * 4)  Darkness; obscurity.

Etymology 2
From dern:, derne:, from  dyrne:, dierne:, from, from. Cognate with dern:, dren:,  derni:,  tarni:.

Adjective

 * 1)  Hidden; secret; private.
 * Now with their backs to the den's mouth they sit, Yet shoulder not all light from the dern pit. ― Dr. H. More, Immortal, of the Soul.
 * Through dreary beds of tangled fern, Through groves of nightshade dark and dern. ― J. R. Drake, Culprit Fay.

Etymology 3
From dernen:, dærnen:, from  dyrnan:, diernan:, from, from. Cognate with dernian:,  tarnen:. See also,.

Verb

 * 1)  To hide; secrete, as in a hole.
 * He at length escaped them by derning himself in a fox-earth. ― H. Miller.
 * 1)  To hide oneself; skulk.
 * But look how soon they heard of Holoferne / Their courage quail'd, and they began to derne. ― T. Hudson.

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