dearnunga

== Old English == === Alternative forms === deornunga, dernunga === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *darnungō, equivalent to *dearnian +‎ -unga. Cognate with Old Saxon darnungo (“secretly, maliciously”), Old High German tarningon (“secretly, hiddenly, in secret”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdæ͜ɑr.nun.ɡɑ/, [ˈdæ͜ɑrˠ.nuŋ.ɡɑ] === Adverb === dearnunga secretly, privately, clandestinely ==== Related terms ==== dierne === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “dearnunga”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.