Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1895-1898
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DERN, DEARN, v.2 Sc. forms of Eng. darn (Sc. 1782 J. Sinclair Ob. Sc. Dial. 81, dearn; Rxb. 1942 Zai). See P.L.D. §56 and cf. Darn, v.Edb. 1895 J. Tweeddale Moff ix.:
It wad be sorter like, if a wife, insteed o' gaddin' aboot wi' a slut frae Scuttlebrig, wud bide at hame and dern her brats' stockin's.Uls. 1898 A. M'Ilroy Auld Meetin'-Hoose Green 65:
She . . . works hard, Guid kens; thinkin' naethin' o' sittin' up a' nicht, washin' an' sterchin', an' bakin' an' dernin'.
