fardiligon

Old Dutch

Etymology

From far- +‎ *diligon (“to neutralize”).

Verb

fardiligon

1. (transitive) to erase, to remove, to blot out
   • Die altmittel- und altniederfränkischen Psalmen und Glossen [The Old Middle and Old Low Franconian psalms and glosses]; Between 900 and 1000 CE;

     Fardiligon uuerthin fan buoke libbendero

     Let them be blotted out of the book of the living (KJV)

2. (transitive) to exterminate

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: verdeligen
  • Dutch: verdelgen
    • Negerhollands: vertilg

Further reading

• “fardiligon”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012