† ˈderner Obs.
Also dirner.
[Etymology unknown: ? connected with dern, durn, door-frame.]
The lintel of a door.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 6078 (Cott.) Þis lamb blod..Þar-wit yee mak þan takning, On aiþer post þer hus to smer, A takin o tav on þair derner [v.r. dernere]. Ibid. 6103 (Cott.) On þair post and on dirner. |