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dearnunga

  • adverb
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Grammar
dearnunga, dearnenga, dearninga; adv. [dyrne secret, obscure]
Wright's OE grammar
§554;
Secretly, privately, clandestinely; clam, occulte, clandestīno
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  • He wolde dearnunga mid mándǽdum menu beswícan

    he would secretly deceive men with wicked deeds,

    • Cd. 23
      • ;
    • Th. 29,
      • 14;
    • Gen. 450
      • .

  • Gif ðín bróðor ðé lǽre dearnunga

    si tibi voluĕrit persuadĕre frater tuus clam,

    • Deut. 13, 6: Jn. Bos. 19,
      • 38.

  • Oððe eáwunga oððe dearnunga

    either publicly or privately,

    • L. Edg. ii. 8
      • ;
    • Th. i. 270, 5: L. Ath. v. § 1,
      • 2;
    • Th. i. 228,
      • 21.

  • Be ðon ðe mon dearnenga [dearnunga MSS. G. H.] bearn gestriéne

    in case a man beget a child clandestinely,

    • L. In. 27
      • ;
    • Th. i. 120, 1, 2: L. Alf. 6
      • ;
    • Th. i. 44,
      • 17.

  • Ðeáh heó dearnenga fordón wurde

    though she was secretly seduced,

    • Cd. 30
      • ;
    • Th. 39,
      • 21;
    • Gen. 629: 29
      • ;
    • Th. 38,
      • 5;
    • Gen. 602
      • .

  • Hwæt he dearninga on hyge hogde

    what he secretly meditated in his mind,

    • Exon. 51 a
      • ;
    • Th. 177,
      • 13;
    • Gú. 1226
      • .
Derived forms
un-dearnunga
Linked entries
v.  deornunga dern-unga.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “dearnunga.” 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/7467.

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  • dearnunga, adv.

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