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ge-delfan

  • verb
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intrans.
To dig
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  • Hé gedalf in eorðo

    fodit in terra,

      Mt. L. 25, 18.
  • Þá hé hæfde gedolfen twéntig fóta on ðǽre eorðan,

      H. R. 13, 14.
trans.
To dig a hole
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  • In ðǽm gedolfene byrgenne his stóue

    in defossum sepulturae suae locum,

      Jn. p. 2, I.
Etymology
[Þenne he haueð ene put idoluen þonne ualleð he þermne. O. E. Hml. i. 49, 28.]
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