dernen

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === dærnen === Etymology === From Old English dyrnan, diernan (“to keep secret, conceal, hide, restrain, repress, hide oneself”), from Proto-West Germanic *darnijan (“to conceal”), from *darnī (“hidden, secret”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdɛrnən/, /ˈdɛːrnən/ === Verb === dernen to conceal ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: dern Scots: dern, darn Yola: dearnt (preterite) ==== References ==== “dē̆rnen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.