"delven" meaning in Middle Dutch

See delven in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: From Old Dutch *delvan, from Proto-West Germanic *delban, from Proto-Germanic *delbaną. Etymology templates: {{inh|dum|odt|*delvan}} Old Dutch *delvan, {{inh|dum|gmw-pro|*delban}} Proto-West Germanic *delban, {{inh|dum|gem-pro|*delbaną}} Proto-Germanic *delbaną Head templates: {{head|dum|verb|cat2=|head=|head2=|sort=}} delven, {{dum-verb}} delven Inflection templates: {{dum-conj-st|delv|dalv|dolv|gedolven|class=3}} Forms: strong [table-tags], delven [error-unrecognized-form, infinitive], delvens [genitive, infinitive], delvene [dative, infinitive], delve [first-person, indicative, present, singular], dalf [first-person, indicative, past, singular], delve [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], dolve [first-person, past, singular, subjunctive], delfs [indicative, present, second-person, singular], delves [indicative, present, second-person, singular], dolfs [indicative, past, second-person, singular], dolves [indicative, past, second-person, singular], delfs [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], delves [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], dolves [past, second-person, singular, subjunctive], delft [indicative, present, singular, third-person], delvet [indicative, present, singular, third-person], dalf [indicative, past, singular, third-person], delve [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], dolve [past, singular, subjunctive, third-person], delven [first-person, indicative, plural, present], dolven [first-person, indicative, past, plural], delven [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], dolven [first-person, past, plural, subjunctive], delft [indicative, plural, present, second-person], delvet [indicative, plural, present, second-person], dolft [indicative, past, plural, second-person], dolvet [indicative, past, plural, second-person], delft [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], delvet [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], dolvet [past, plural, second-person, subjunctive], delven [indicative, plural, present, third-person], dolven [indicative, past, plural, third-person], delven [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], dolven [past, plural, subjunctive, third-person], delf [imperative, indicative, present, singular], delve [imperative, indicative, present, singular], delft [imperative, indicative, plural, present], delvet [imperative, indicative, plural, present], delvende [imperative, participle, present], gedolven [imperative, participle, past]
  1. to delve, to dig, to excavate (create by digging)
    Sense id: en-delven-dum-verb-0fOFNyJG
  2. to bury
    Sense id: en-delven-dum-verb-mlQnl6VX Categories (other): Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 41 59
     
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          "lang_code": "af",
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        }
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      "Reconstruction:Old Dutch/delvan"
    ],
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/delban"
    ],
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/delbaną"
    ]
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    },
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        "singular"
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    },
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    },
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "delvende",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gedolven",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "glosses": [
        "to delve, to dig, to excavate (create by digging)"
      ],
      "id": "en-delven-dum-verb-0fOFNyJG",
      "links": [
        [
          "delve",
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          "dig"
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          "name": "Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "to bury"
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      "id": "en-delven-dum-verb-mlQnl6VX",
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  "word": "delven"
}

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    },
    {
      "form": "delf",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "delve",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "delft",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "delvet",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "delvende",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gedolven",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "verb",
        "cat2": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "delven",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "delven",
      "name": "dum-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "delv",
        "2": "dalv",
        "3": "dolv",
        "4": "gedolven",
        "class": "3"
      },
      "name": "dum-conj-st"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle Dutch",
  "lang_code": "dum",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to delve, to dig, to excavate (create by digging)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "delve",
          "delve"
        ],
        [
          "dig",
          "dig"
        ],
        [
          "excavate",
          "excavate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to bury"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bury",
          "bury"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "delven"
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: delven/Middle Dutch 'base form' base_tags={'strong', 'infinitive'}",
  "path": [
    "delven"
  ],
  "section": "Middle Dutch",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "delven",
  "trace": ""
}

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