in dern

adv — 2 senses

in dern

adv

1

Obsolete In secret; in secrecy.

Where lies in dern auld Rhymer's race.1899, Thomas Finlayson Henderson, A Little Book of Scottish Verse:

2

Obsolete In private.

Related terms: dern

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