See delven in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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to remove earth:", "To retrieve or access via digging." ], "id": "en-delven-enm-verb-w5KkQVa1" }, { "categories": [ { "_dis": "18 40 31 7 5", "kind": "topical", "langcode": "enm", "name": "Agriculture", "orig": "enm:Agriculture", "parents": [ "Applied sciences", "Sciences", "All topics", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "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": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "To dig or delve; to remove earth:", "To furrow; to dig for an agricultural purpose." ], "id": "en-delven-enm-verb-mXu8Ltjl" }, { "categories": [ { "_dis": "24 5 14 16 10 21 6 4", "kind": "other", "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "glosses": [ "To dig or delve; to remove earth:", "To install or integrate; to dig in." ], "id": "en-delven-enm-verb-LQ9BGG2y" }, { "categories": [ { "_dis": "7 21 8 64 0", "kind": "topical", "langcode": "enm", "name": "Burial", "orig": "enm:Burial", "parents": [ "Death", "Society", "Body", "Life", "All topics", "Nature", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "glosses": [ "To dig or delve; to remove earth:", "To entomb; to dig a tomb or prepare a burial." ], "id": "en-delven-enm-verb-5DE-hWKr" }, { "categories": [], "glosses": [ "To penetrate the depths of something." ], "id": "en-delven-enm-verb-9Q69u5~Q", "raw_glosses": [ "(rare) To penetrate the depths of something." ], "tags": [ "rare" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈdɛlvən/" } ], "synonyms": [ { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "dælfen" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "delfan" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "dealve" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "delve" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "dalven" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "delvyn" } ], "word": "delven" }
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"yol", "2": "del" }, "expansion": "Yola: del", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "Yola: del" } ], "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "enm", "2": "ang", "3": "delfan" }, "expansion": "Old English delfan", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "enm", "2": "gmw-pro", "3": "*delban" }, "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *delban", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "enm", "2": "gem-pro", "3": "*delbaną" }, "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *delbaną", "name": "inh" } ], "etymology_text": "From Old English delfan, from Proto-West Germanic *delban, from Proto-Germanic *delbaną.", "forms": [ { "form": "strong weak", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "table-tags" ] }, { "form": "enm-conj-st", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "inflection-template" ] }, { "form": "3 or weak in -ed", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "class" ] }, { "form": "delven", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "infinitive" ] }, { "form": "to delven", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "infinitive" ] }, { "form": "delve", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "infinitive" ] }, { "form": "delve", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "first-person", "present", "singular" ] }, { "form": "dalf", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "first-person", "past", "singular" ] }, { "form": "delved", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "first-person", "past", "singular" ] }, { "form": "delvest", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "present", "second-person", "singular" ] }, { "form": "dolve", "source": "conjugation", "tags": [ "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" ] }, { "form": "dolven", "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" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "enm", "2": "verb" }, "expansion": "delven", "name": "head" } ], "inflection_templates": [ { "args": { "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", "related": [ { "word": "bidelven" }, { "word": "delf" }, { "word": "delvere" }, { "word": "delvynge" }, { "word": "under-delven" } ], "senses": [ { "glosses": [ "To dig or delve; to remove earth:", "To retrieve or access via digging." ] }, { "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": "quote" } ], "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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