- dealf
- past 3rd sing of delfan
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
dealf
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Germanic strong verb — In the Germanic languages, a strong verb is one which marks its past tense by means of ablaut. In English, these are verbs like sing, sang, sung. The term strong verb is a translation of German starkes Verb , which was coined by the linguist… … Wikipedia
dalf — see dealf, past 3rd sing of delfan … Old to modern English dictionary
delfan — sv/t3 3rd pres dilfþ past dealf/dulfon ptp gedolfen 1. absolute, to dig, delve, burrow; 2. to dig the ground, delve, burrow; 3. to extract by digging, dig gold, etc., dig out; 4. to excavate, delve, dig a pit; 5. to bury … Old to modern English dictionary
dielf — see dealf past 3rd sing of delfan … Old to modern English dictionary
delve — O.E. delfan to dig (class III strong verb; past tense dealf, pp. dolfen), common W.Gmc. verb (Cf. O.S. delban, Du. delven, M.H.G. telben to dig ), from PIE root *dhelbh (Cf. Lith. delba crowbar, Rus. dolbit , Czech dlabati, Pol … Etymology dictionary
