"bidelven" meaning in Middle English

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Verb

IPA: /biˈdɛlvən/
Etymology: From Old English bedelfan (“to dig around, bury”); equivalent to bi- + delven. Cognate with Dutch bedelven (“to bury, overwhelm”). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|bedelfan|t=to dig around, bury}} Old English bedelfan (“to dig around, bury”), {{af|enm|bi-|delven}} bi- + delven, {{cog|nl|bedelven|t=to bury, overwhelm}} Dutch bedelven (“to bury, overwhelm”) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} bidelven, {{enm-verb|bidelveth|bidelvende|bidalf|bidolven}} bidelven (third-person singular simple present bidelveth, present participle bidelvende, first-/third-person singular past indicative bidalf, past participle bidolven) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-st|delv|dalf|dolv|dolv|c=3|inf2=0|pf=bi}} Forms: bidelveth [present, singular, third-person], bidelvende [participle, present], bidalf [first-person, indicative, past, singular, third-person], bidolven [participle, past], no-table-tags [table-tags], bidelven [infinitive], to bidelven [infinitive], bidelve [first-person, present, singular], bidalf [first-person, past, singular], bidelvest [present, second-person, singular], bidolve [past, second-person, singular], bidalf [past, second-person, singular], bidelveth [present, singular, third-person], bidalf [past, singular, third-person], bidelve [present, singular, subjunctive], bidolve [past, singular, subjunctive], bidelve [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], bidelven [plural, present], bidelve [plural, present], bidolven [past, plural], bidolve [past, plural], bidelveth [imperative, plural, present], bidelve [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], bidelvynge [participle, present], bidelvende [participle, present], bidolven [participle, past], bidolve [participle, past], bedelven [alternative], bydelve [alternative]
  1. To bury; to cover up.
    Sense id: en-bidelven-enm-verb-8kMINNUy Categories (other): Middle English terms prefixed with bi- Disambiguation of Middle English terms prefixed with bi-: 54 46
  2. To dig around or about.
    Sense id: en-bidelven-enm-verb-wjsRRxZX Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms prefixed with bi-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of Middle English terms prefixed with bi-: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 88

Alternative forms

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