† derneadv.
Obsolete.
‘Dernly’, secretly.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [adverb]
stillyc1000
dernlyc1175
dernea1200
privement?c1225
hidlingsa1250
in hidela1300
in scubardisa1300
stilla1300
hidel-likea1325
privyc1330
ywryȝeliche1340
in secre wysec1374
hidinglya1382
hidlya1382
in privy1384
closea1387
secrelyc1386
stalworthlya1400
covertlyc1400
secrec1405
in hidlings1422
secretly1447
secretementc1470
in secret1474
hugger-muggera1529
in hugger-mugger1529
secret1539
underboard1548
closely1552
darkly1559
in secret wise1563
hiddenly1580
tectly1587
underwater1600
concealedly1622
underground1632
occultly1641
in petto1647
under the rosea1704
subterraneously1791
suppressedly1825
underfoot1860
a1200 Moral Ode 77 in Trin. Coll. Hom. 222 Ne bie hit no swo derne idon.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 697 I compast hem a kynde crafte & kende hit hem derne.
c1440 Bone Flor. 1958 They..went forthe, so seyth the boke, Prevely and derne.
a1627 A. Craig Pilgrime & Heremite (1631) sig. A1 I drew me darne to the doore, some din to heare.
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