delvynge
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Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old English delfung; equivalent to delven + -ing.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]delvynge
Noun
[edit]delvynge (uncountable)
- The process of delving or excavation.
- Agricultural work; furrowing.
- (rare) The process of entombment.
- (rare) A ditch or furrow.
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “delving, ger.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-09.
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