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Origin of the name DARREN.
Etymology of the
name DARREN.
Meaning of the baby name DARREN.
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DARREN. Modern
American name, probably first borne by the actor Darren McGavin. Of uncertain
derivation, perhaps from the surname, itself a mystery. (Oxford)
There is an interesting word in Jamieson's Scottish
Dictionary (see below).
To DARREN, v. a.
To contest, fight out, decide by combat: a form of Dereyne, q.v.
Errat. in Dict.
As a further correction of this error the
following note is appended:—
"Explanation wrong; it is simply Chaucer's
verb darceyne, to fight out. See Morris's Glossary to the
Knight's Tale. The word is daryne in Small's edition, and
is there wrongly explained; besides which, stryfe is misprinted strive.
The line means "to fight out the strife with huge club or
mace." The rejected French etymology is the right one."
Skeat. (Jamieson)
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