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語源

From 古期英語 delfan, from Proto-West Germanic *delban, from Proto-Germanic *delbaną.

発音

• IPA: /ˈdɛlvən/

動詞

delven (third-person singular simple present delveth, present participle delvynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative dalf, past participle dolven)

1. To dig or delve; to remove earth:
   • c. 1370, [William Langland], “[Passus 7]”, in Petrus plowmon (V, A-text), Worcestershire, published c. 1390, folio 399, recto; republished as Bodleian Library MS. Eng. poet. a. 1, Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 10 January 2019:

     An Hep of Hermytes. henten heom ſpades. / And doluen drit. ⁊. donge. to dutte Honger oute. / ¶ Blynde and Bedraden. weoꝛe Botned a þouſent

     A heaping of hermits got themselves spades / and scooped dirt and dung to block Hunger; / the blind and bedridden were cured by the thousands.

   1. To retrieve or access via digging.
   2. To furrow; to dig furrows for seeds.
      • 1381 June 12, John Ball, Sermon at Blackheath:

        Whan Adam dalf, and Eve span; / Wo was thanne a gentilman?

        When Adam delved and Eve spun; / Who was a nobleman then?

   3. To install or integrate; to dig in.
   4. To entomb; to dig a tomb or prepare a burial.
2. (rare) To penetrate the depths of something.

Conjugation

関連する語

派生した語

• English: delve
• Middle Scots: delfe, delve
  • Scots: delve, dell, del
• Yola: del

参照

• “delven, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 9 July 2018.