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for-dilgian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
for-dilgian, -diligian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad
To blot out, destroy; dēlēre, obnūbĭlāre, oblītĕrāre
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  • He wolde ealle his þeóde fram ðam gingrum óþ ða yldran fordón and fordilgian

    he would do for and blot out all his nation from the younger to the elder,

    • Bd. 3, 24
    • ;
    • S. 556, 13: 5, 21
    • ;
    • S. 643, 26.
  • He ðá óðer werod ðære [MS. ðara] mánfullan þeóde fornam and fordilgade

    sic cētĕras nefandæ mīlĭtiæ cōpias delēvit,

    • 2, 2
    • ;
    • S. 504, 7: 5, 13
    • ;
    • S. 633, 34.
  • Ðæt hí óþ forwyrd ǽghwǽr fordiligade ne wǽron

    ne usque ad internĕciōnem usquequaque delērentur,

    • Bd. 1, 16
    • ;
    • S. 484, 17.
Etymology
[
Orm. foirdillȝenn
:
Dut. ver-delgen
:
Ger. ver-tilgen to extirpate, destroy.
]
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