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dirne

  • adjective
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dirne, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§67; §170; §181; §434;
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secret, hidden
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  • Dyrne hordas (gerýna)

    abdita archana,

      An. Ox. 4215.
  • Dyrnum pricelsum

    clandestinis stimulis,

    4655.
  • Of dymmum díglum vel of dyrnum

    de latebrosis recessibus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 56.
secret (so as to escape detection),
of adultery
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  • Hé bið diernes gelíres scyldig, Past. 143, 2.

    Spiritus fornicationis,

    ꝥ is dernes geligeres gást,
      Shrn. 52, 27.
  • Démde hé ðám bisceope for his dyrnum geligrum,

      130, 14.
  • From dernum geligerum,

      Ll. Th. i. 56, 26.
of stolen goods,
concealed
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  • Ǽnigne þára þe ymbe þás smeágunge bið and ꝥ dyrne orf ámeldað,

      Ll. Th. i. 276, 33. v.
    following compounds; in some cases the passages given under them may belong to the simple adjective.
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v.  derne dyrne.
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