delfan
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[edit] Old English
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *delbanan. Cognate with Old Frisian delva, Old Saxon bidelban (Dutch delven), Old High German bitelban.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈdelvan/
[edit] Verb
delfan (strong class III)
- to dig, delve
- Ongan he eorþan delfan: he began to dig the earth. (Codex Vercellensis)
- to dig up, to excavate
[edit] Derived forms
- ādelfan — to delve, dig, excavate
- bedelfan — to dig round, bury, bedelve
- fordelfan — to delve, dig
- þurhdelfan — to dig thru, pierce
- underdelfan — to dig under, undermine, break thru
- ūpādelfan — to dig up
- ūtādelfan — to dig out
