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dyrnan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
dyrnan, p. de ; pp. ed; v. a. [dyrne hidden, secret]
To hide, secrete, restrain; occultāre, celāre, obscurāre, cohibēre
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  • Ðeáh hí hit ǽr swíðe dyrndon

    though they had before quite hidden it,

    • Ors. 5,
    • l0;
    • Bos. 108,
    • 15.
  • Ne mihte Iosep hyne leng dyrnan

    non se potĕrat ultra cohibēre Ioseph,

    • Gen. 45,
    • 1.
Derived forms
be-dyrnan, bi-, ge-
Linked entries
v.  be-dyrnan dirnan.
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