"delfan" meaning in All languages combined

See delfan on Wiktionary

Verb [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} delfan
  1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of delven Tags: Early-Middle-English, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: delven
    Sense id: en-delfan-enm-verb-emboq8l3 Categories (other): Early Middle English, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 61 33 6

Verb [Old English]

IPA: /ˈdel.fɑn/, [ˈdeɫ.vɑn]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *delban, from Proto-Germanic *delbaną. Cognate with Old Frisian delva, Old Saxon *delƀan, Old Dutch *delvan, and Old High German *telban. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*delban}} Proto-West Germanic *delban, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*delbaną}} Proto-Germanic *delbaną, {{cog|ofs|delva}} Old Frisian delva, {{cog|osx|*delƀan}} Old Saxon *delƀan, {{cog|odt|*delvan}} Old Dutch *delvan, {{cog|goh|*telban}} Old High German *telban Head templates: {{ang-verb|delfan}} delfan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|delfan<s3>}} Forms: strong [table-tags], delfan [infinitive], delfenne [infinitive], delfe [first-person, present, singular], dealf [first-person, past, singular], dilfst [present, second-person, singular], dulfe [past, second-person, singular], dilfþ [present, singular, third-person], dealf [past, singular, third-person], delfaþ [plural, present], dulfon [past, plural], delfe [present, singular], dulfe [past, singular], delfen [plural, present], dulfen [past, plural], delf [imperative, past, present, singular], delfaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], delfende [imperative, present], dolfen [imperative, past], ġedolfen [imperative, past]
  1. to dig
    Sense id: en-delfan-ang-verb-Dmbqc2e4
  2. to mine
    Sense id: en-delfan-ang-verb-H8uiksda
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ādelfan (english: to excavate), bedelfan (english: to dig around, bury), delfere (english: digger), delfing (english: digging), fordelfan (english: to delve, dig), þurhdelfan (english: to dig through, pierce), underdelfan (english: to dig under, undermine, break through)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for delfan meaning in All languages combined (4.8kB)

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