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DYRNE

  • adjective
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Grammar
DYRNE, dierne; def. se dyrna, seó, ðæt dyrne; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§67; §170; §181; §434;
close, hidden, secret, obscure; occultus, secrētus, latens, obscūrus
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  • Ðá ðæt wíf geseah, ðæt hit [wíf] him næs dyrn

    when the woman saw that she [the woman] was not hid from him,

    • Lk. Bos. 8, 47: Elen. Kmbl. 1443
      • ;
    • El. 723: Menol. Fox 585
      • ;
    • Gn. C. 62
      • .

  • Ne sceal dyrne sum wesan

    nothing shall be secret,

    • Beo. Th. 548
      • ;
    • B. 271
      • .

  • Ðýlæs ða smyltnesse ðæs dómes gewemme oððe se dierna [dyrna MS. Cot.] æfst oððe tó hræd ierre

    lest secret envy or too hasty anger corrupt the calmness of judgment,

    • Past. 13,
      • 2;
    • Hat. MS. 17 a, 12
      • .

  • Draca hord eft gesceát, dryhtsele dyrnne

    the dragon darted back to his hoard, his secret hall,

    • Beo. Th. 4629
      • ;
    • B. 2320
      • .

  • Hie hafaþ in siofan innan dyrne wúnde

    they have within their mind a secret wound,

    • Frag. Kmbl. 57
      • ;
    • Leás. 30
      • .

  • Ne sindon him dǽda dyrne

    deeds are not hidden from him,

    • Exon. 23 a
      • ;
    • Th. 65,
      • 5;
    • Cri. 1050: 39 b
      • ;
    • Th. 130,
      • 12;
    • Gú. 437: 39 b
      • ;
    • Th. 131,
      • 32;
    • Gú. 464
      • .

  • Ne dó ðú ne dyrne ðíne ða deóran bebodu

    non abscondas a me mandāta tua,

    • Ps. Th. 118, 19: 134,
      • 6.
dark, deceitful, evil; tenebrīcōsus, subdŏlus
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  • Dyrne deófles boda wearp hine on wyrmes líc

    the devil's dark messenger changed himself into a worm's body,

    • Cd. 24
      • ;
    • Th. 31,
      • 24;
    • Gen. 490
      • .

  • Ðú mid ligenum fare þurh dyrne geþanc

    thou mayest come with lies through evil design,

    • 26
      • ;
    • Th. 34,
      • 3;
    • Gen. 532: Exon. 115 a
      • ;
    • Th. 442,
      • 13;
    • Kl. 12
      • .

  • Sceal mǽg nealles inwit-net óðrum bregdan dyrnum cræfte

    a kinsman should not braid a net of treachery for another with deceitful craft,

    • Beo. Th. 4342
      • ;
    • B. 2168
      • .

  • He to forþ gestóp dyrnan cræfte

    he had stept forth with evil craft,

    • 4569
      • ;
    • B. 2290
      • .

  • Ides sceal dyrne cræfte hire freónd gesécan

    the woman shall with deceitful art seek her friend,

    • Menol. Fox 547
      • ;
    • Gn. C. 43
      • .

  • Dyrnra gásta

    of evil spirits,

    • Beo. Th. 2718
      • ;
    • 1357: Exon. 71 a
      • ;
    • Th. 264,
      • 22;
    • Jul, 368
      • .
Etymology
[
Piers P. Chauc. derne secret:
Laym. deorne, derne secret:
Orm. dærne secret, hidden:
O. Sax. derni secret:
O. Frs. dern, dren in compounds occultus:
O. H. Ger. tarni latens
.]
Derived forms
un-dyrne
Linked entries
v.  derne dierne.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “DYRNE.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/8225.

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