Meaning

5 senses
  1. (UK)A gatepost or doorpost.

  2. (obsolete)A secret; secrecy.

  3. (obsolete)A secret place; hiding.

  4. (obsolete)An obscure language.

  5. (obsolete)Darkness; obscurity.

Origin

From Middle English dern, derne, from Old English dyrne, dierne (“secret”), from Proto-Wes

From Middle English dern, derne, from Old English dyrne, dierne (“secret”), from Proto-West Germanic *darnī (“hidden, secret”).

Uncertain. Maybe related to door.

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Forms

plural: derns
Singulardern
Pluralderns

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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