dearnunga

Old English

Alternative forms

• deornunga, dernunga

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *darnungō, equivalent to *dearnian +‎ -unga. Cognate with Old Saxon darnungo (“secretly, maliciously”), Old High German tarningon (“secretly, hiddenly, in secret”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdæ͜ɑr.nun.ɡɑ/, [ˈdæ͜ɑrˠ.nuŋ.ɡɑ]

Adverb

dearnunga

1. secretly, privately, clandestinely

Related terms

• dierne

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “dearnunga”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.