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{
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"(transitive) to delve, dig, excavate"
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},
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},
{
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"plural"
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"plural",
"present"
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},
{
"form": "delve",
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"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
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"imperative",
"past",
"plural"
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},
{
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"participle",
"present"
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},
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"present"
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},
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},
{
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ydolven",
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ydelved",
"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
"past"
]
}
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"w": "ed",
"y": "2"
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"english": "When Adam delved and Eve spun; / Who was a nobleman then?",
"ref": "1381 June 12, John Ball, Sermon at Blackheath",
"text": "Whan Adam dalf, and Eve span; / Wo was thanne a gentilman?",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"To dig or delve; to remove earth:",
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{
"_dis": "22 10 3 8 7 19 28 3",
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"Entry maintenance"
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{
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"Entry maintenance"
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"_dis": "4 12 11 72 1",
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"Society",
"Body",
"Life",
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"(rare) To penetrate the depths of something."
],
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]
}
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}
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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"Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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{
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{
"word": "ontdelven"
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{
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{
"word": "uitdelven"
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{
"word": "verdelven"
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},
{
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{
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"first-person",
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"singular"
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},
{
"form": "dolf",
"source": "inflection",
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"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "delft",
"source": "inflection",
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"second-person",
"singular"
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},
{
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"past",
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"singular"
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},
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"formal",
"present",
"second-person",
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"formal",
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"singular"
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{
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"present",
"second-person",
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{
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"formal",
"majestic",
"past",
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"singular"
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},
{
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"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
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"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
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"source": "inflection",
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"plural",
"present"
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},
{
"form": "dolven",
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"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "delve",
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"archaic",
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
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},
{
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"source": "inflection",
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"archaic",
"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "delven",
"source": "inflection",
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"archaic",
"plural",
"present",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "dolven",
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"past",
"plural",
"subjunctive"
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},
{
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"source": "inflection",
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"imperative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "delft",
"source": "inflection",
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"archaic",
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"plural",
"present"
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},
{
"form": "delvend",
"source": "inflection",
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"participle",
"present"
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},
{
"form": "gedolven",
"source": "inflection",
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"participle",
"past"
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},
{
"form": "weak",
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"table-tags"
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},
{
"form": "nl-conj-wk",
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},
{
"form": "delven",
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"infinitive"
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},
{
"form": "delven",
"source": "inflection",
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"gerund",
"neuter"
]
},
{
"form": "delf",
"source": "inflection",
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"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "delfde",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "delft",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "delfde",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "delft",
"source": "inflection",
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"formal",
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "delfde",
"source": "inflection",
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"formal",
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "delft",
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"Flanders",
"colloquial",
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "delft",
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"archaic",
"formal",
"majestic",
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
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},
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"Flanders",
"colloquial",
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
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},
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"formal",
"majestic",
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{
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"third-person"
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{
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"plural",
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{
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"past",
"plural"
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},
{
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"archaic",
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
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},
{
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"archaic",
"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
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},
{
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"archaic",
"plural",
"present",
"subjunctive"
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},
{
"form": "delfden",
"source": "inflection",
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"archaic",
"past",
"plural",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "delf",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "delft",
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"archaic",
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "delvend",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "gedelfd",
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"participle",
"past"
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}
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"del‧ven"
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},
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]
},
{
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"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "delvet",
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"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
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},
{
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"plural"
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},
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"second-person"
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},
{
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"second-person"
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},
{
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"plural",
"second-person"
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},
{
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},
{
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"third-person"
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},
{
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"past",
"plural",
"third-person"
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},
{
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"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
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},
{
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"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
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"singular",
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},
{
"form": "delf",
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"present",
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},
{
"form": "delve",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "delft",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "delvet",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "delvende",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "gedolven",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "verb",
"head": "",
"head2": ""
},
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"name": "head"
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{
"args": {},
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}
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"1": "delv",
"2": "dalv",
"3": "dolv",
"4": "gedolven",
"class": "3"
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"lang": "Middle Dutch",
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{
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"to delve, to dig, to excavate (create by digging)"
],
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[
"delve",
"delve"
],
[
"dig",
"dig"
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[
"excavate",
"excavate"
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{
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"to bury"
],
"links": [
[
"bury",
"bury"
]
]
}
],
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}
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"Middle English class 3 strong verbs",
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English terms derived from Old English",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Middle English verbs",
"Middle English weak verbs",
"enm:Agriculture",
"enm:Burial"
],
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"2": "delve"
},
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"name": "desc"
}
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},
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{
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"1": "sco",
"2": "delve",
"3": "dell",
"4": "del"
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"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
{
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{
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"1": "yol",
"2": "del"
},
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"name": "desc"
}
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}
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"2": "ang",
"3": "delfan"
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"name": "inh"
},
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"1": "enm",
"2": "gmw-pro",
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{
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"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*delbaną"
},
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"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English delfan, from Proto-West Germanic *delban, from Proto-Germanic *delbaną.",
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"form": "strong weak",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
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},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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{
"form": "3 or weak in -ed",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class"
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},
{
"form": "delven",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "to delven",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "delve",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "delve",
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"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "dalf",
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"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "delved",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "delvest",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "dolve",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "dalf",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "delvedest",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "delveth",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "dalf",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "delved",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "delve",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "dolve",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "delved",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "delve",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "delven",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "delve",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "dolve",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "delveden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "delvede",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "delveth",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "delve",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "delvynge",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "delvende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "dolven",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "delved",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ydolven",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ydelved",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "verb"
},
"expansion": "delven",
"name": "head"
}
],
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{
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"1": "delv",
"2": "dalf",
"3": "dolv",
"4": "dolv",
"c": "3",
"p_part2": "0",
"w": "ed",
"y": "2"
},
"name": "enm-conj-st"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"word": "bidelven"
},
{
"word": "delf"
},
{
"word": "delvere"
},
{
"word": "delvynge"
},
{
"word": "under-delven"
}
],
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{
"glosses": [
"To dig or delve; to remove earth:",
"To retrieve or access via digging."
]
},
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"categories": [
"Middle English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "When Adam delved and Eve spun; / Who was a nobleman then?",
"ref": "1381 June 12, John Ball, Sermon at Blackheath",
"text": "Whan Adam dalf, and Eve span; / Wo was thanne a gentilman?",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To dig or delve; to remove earth:",
"To furrow; to dig for an agricultural purpose."
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To dig or delve; to remove earth:",
"To install or integrate; to dig in."
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To dig or delve; to remove earth:",
"To entomb; to dig a tomb or prepare a burial."
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To penetrate the depths of something."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) To penetrate the depths of something."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈdɛlvən/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "dælfen"
},
{
"word": "delfan"
},
{
"word": "dealve"
},
{
"word": "delve"
},
{
"word": "dalven"
},
{
"word": "delvyn"
}
],
"word": "delven"
}
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